Reply #5: My cat tried to kill me last year. [View All]

[Madrone]

Note: Hair dryer + cat = very bad idea.

One claw went all the way into my pinky finger, and was in so far it actually came back out in a different spot. It was SO painful it wasn't funny. Started swelling almost immediately, and I went to the ER. They taped it up and immediately gave me antibiotics. I even doubled up on the first dose to get it kick started. It just kept getting worse - to the point they were talking about putting me in the hospital on IV antibiotics! They even gave me morphine, the pain was so bad - which made me SICK, so that was fun. Not.

Anyway - I had all kinds of scratches, but the nail hooked in the fleshy part of my pinky was the worst of my injuries. It swelled up so much that when the swelling went down skin peeled off the finger and my hand.

What I'm saying I guess is: I feel your pain! Good luck, and it wouldn't be a bad idea to mark the infection line with ink - if it keeps moving you need ER treatment POST HASTE.