Cat Bite continued
Spent the better part of the afternoon in the ER today. The bite, even though I took such great care with it, got major infected. The ER doc told me that 89% of cat bites will become infected. I told him that I have been bit before, but that this time the bite felt “strange.” It didn’t hurt, it burned though and it was numb, and the rest of my fingers on my right hand were tingling like they were asleep.
Come to find out, the cat bit into my radial nerve. I may or may not have a return of sensation over time, but right now, my thumb is dead to feeling and it is difficult to type. I am on augmentum and darvocet so I am a bit loopy.
I got a bit scared though, they are required by law to report animal bites, and the questionare I filled out alluded that they would come and take the animal and put it into quarantine. But because it is a feral cat and not a dog or a family pet, they are not going to do anything. I did get a tetanus shot though just to be safe.