Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Double ugh...

I take back whatever i said last post.

I'm going to kill that expensive chicken.


The "attack" happened last Sunday. On that night itself i discovered 2 "small-wounds", just minor-scab-ones which should heal relatively fast.

But until today i discover SIX wounds all-together around HeeChul's body, but most are just minor ones turning to scabs. The "bigger-wounds" are still the two i found on Sunday, so its really nothing.

Well, six-scabbish-wounds *are* nothing... seriously...
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Till i found a slightly deeper wound on her tail.

One which she actually cringes away when i touch it.

One which she actually hiss when i touch it.

One which she actually tries to attack me when i touch it.
(Note: HeeChul is naughty, but she doesn't attack if i didn't provoke her. And there are differences between her bites when she is playing and when she is annoyed)


At first i wondered if i should bring her to the vet, because it could be just some normal scab and it would be very embarrassing to make such a big-fuss over something so trivial!

However, after trying really hard to get a good look at the thing (she wouldn't let me touch it, i have to actually man-handle her till she cries like mad just to be able to see for a few seconds!), and considering the fact she actually cries and moves away whenever i touch that part...

Heck, just bring her to the doctor to be safe!

Plus, i don't know if i'm being sensitive or not, i somehow find the way she walked funny after discovering the wound on her tail!
And i think there's some minor swelling from the looks of her tail?


But she wasn't easy to be fooled to get her into her carrier bag; she actually ran out of the house in the middle of eating her can-food (something she NEVER do unless something is wrong) that i had to run out and catch her! Luckily something distracted her, otherwise guarantee she sure hide somewhere i can't get to her!

So anyways, i managed to bring her to her vet, and when she got out from her bag, i hold on to her while the doctor take a look at her tail, and even when he touched the wound and all, HeeChul didn't even cringe or move away or anything, so i thought the injury was really just a scab, and was about to feel embarrassed that i made a big fuss out of something so small, when the doctor pressed the injury... and yellow pus came out of it...

I did some research about injuries on cat before, plus i was Lazy's cat-sitter before, so...
pus = no good.

The wound was rather bad, but, don't know to say "lucky" or not, its just the third day, so it wasn't that bad... but anyways, i really blame myself cause if i had discovered it earlier, maybe it wouldn't be this bad...

And to make matters (myself) feel worst, i actually read this article that if a cat suddenly walks differently, it means something is not right.
And i actually never take note of how she had been walking this past few days, and somemore i wondered whats with her bad temper.

I'm a horrible omma.


Anyways, before i feel more horrible with myself... the doctor had to shave off part of HeeChul's fur on the tail, to keep the wound clean i guess... and i had to apply medication there, and feed her medicine every day. If the swelling didn't subside in the next 5 days... well, i'm sure it would, so praying for the best!!

For now, i had to put the cone-thingy on HeeChul, to stop her from licking her wound, however, that cone thing makes her all moody and down, i almost took pity on her and remove it! Luckily BiBi advised me not to, so the wound could heal faster!

And she still cringes whenever i try to wipe the liquid (watery blood) which is coming out from her wound, even though i didn't even touch it, just using the tissue to absorb whatever it can absorb, i doubt i even touch the wound!

Poor thing, i hope the wound is not hurting really, seeing her like that hurts me (ㅠ.ㅠ)...


Seriously, i want to thank AhJung and BiBi for their advice and especially, concern on HeeChul, because i actually felt numb and blurred throughout the whole thing, i don't even feel like myself (= =")... so really, all i know how to do at the moment is lose my temper instead of "feeling"... nice...

Going to post pics later, i'm going to go tend on the little one now; she only ate some wet-food, and hasn't even drink nor eat her dry-food yet, probably because of her cone?


Eitherways, have to make it up to her later! She really "suffer" at the vet, cause apart from squeezing out the pus on a wound which hurts etc, the doctor had to apply medication and all, which really hurts her and made her go all mad!

Another thing which amazes me though... is how i can still bravely hold on to HeeChul despite her constant cringing, hissing, attempts at biting and scratching, due to the pain when the doctor was tending to her!

Because i'm used to it, or because i love my Baby?

Well, despite everything, she's my life, so i guess that explains it =)!



ps: Contrary to popular belief, as feisty and naughty HeeChul may be, she will NEVER scratch anyone UNLESS if she feels REALLY threatened, or really scared! Otherwise, she never scratches anyone.

She only scratched me twice, and those are in really grumpy and threatened situation to the extreme. The second time i sendiri cari pasal somemore!

But really, apart from that, HeeChul never scratches anyone else.
HeeChul may bite, but mostly is because she was extremely annoyed, but otherwise, she really is a good cat who would prefer to leave a place when disturbed instead of "biting", unless if she was constantly disturbed till she couldn't take it anymore!

So really, please stop any misunderstandings on HeeChul!
Though i may emphasize it for precaution, but really, she's still my precious after all, i hate all stereotypical opinions on her!

If you know her she's a real darling who i love despite the constant bites and ignorings =)!

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