Poor Satine.
Tuesday I was trying to give Katie her meds and down for a nap. I was in a hurry because Bubbaman was screaming that he was hungry. Satine came in the room and I told her to go away which she did. I got the drops in Katie's eyes, sang "Lion Sleeps Tonight", picked her up in my arms and turned off the fan light. I then (without looking) went and shut the door...HARD!
and heard scratching right away. I knew what happened. I opened the door put Katie down and ran after Satine saying "I AM SO SORRY!!!" she went into the kitty room and when she saw me she ran past me and went under the bed. Katie and I both tried to get her from under the bed. I have to admit it was kind of cute hearing Katie say "Come out Satine. My Mommy says that she is sorry!"
After I finally got Katie down for a nap I looked for Satine. She was not happy with me. But she let me pet her.
We went to the inlaws for dinner. When we got home I was getting Katie for bed and Adam came over and told me that he thought we should call the vet in the morning. He said that Satine's tail had a kink in it. :( More guilt. I called up my friend Darwynn who has always had a cat and I got her opinion and she told me to take Satine to the vet to make sure that there wasn't any nerve damage. There was a good sign when I was on the phone with her when Satine jumped onto the dresser. I called the vet in the morning and got a 3:50 appointment.
I called Mam-Maw to see if she could watch the kids and then I tried to figure out how to get a cat in a carrier, a toddler ready, a baby ready and get everyone at the house by 3:30 and then the cat to the vet by 3:50. I decided to get Satine in her carrier around 2:45 so I wouldn't be running around. Adam called at 2:20 telling me that the City Manager told him to go home and to have a Merry Christmas (THANK YOU GARY!!!) When he got home we double teamed the kids and got them ready and in the car. Then got the Satine in the car and listened to her cry all the way there!
The vet took a look at her and then watched her tail. The good news was the tip of her tail was moving. That meant NO NERVE DAMAGE!!! If there is nerve damage then they cannot feel it and they will try to get rid of it themselves. We did not want that to happen. She felt her whole tail and said that there was swelling around the area (where we saw it bent) and said that there could be a broken bone. There is really nothing that they can do about it. She gave us pain killers (in liquid not pills) for her and sent us home. Then we listened to her cry all the way home and went to the inlaws for dinner and took the kids home.
So now I am looking over my shoulder because I know that she is plotting my DOOM!!!
1 comment:
You're lucky. My Mom did the same thing a few years ago to our cat but she tried to run with her tail still caught in the door. It pulled all the skin off the last third of the bone. We had to have her tail cropped! :(
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