*Phew*

[mad_andy]

I survived. I am knackered.

However, here's an anecdote that sums up tonight and, indeed, night shifts here in general:

It's 0615. I am gore and saliva to my eyebrows, because the cat whos tried to stop a car with his face has decided he's going to finish the job by braining himself on the walls of the incubator. Morphine has stopped working. The only thing that is working is me putting the beast in a (gentle) headlock.

So.

Cat. Blood. Saliva. Headlock.

...phone.

"My cat's bandage has fallen off."

There is a moment of silence while I try to come up with a response that does not begin with "WHAT?!!!!!WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?

They sound nervous. So they bloody should.

So I make them an appointment to come in and see the vet, and hang up very gently.

...

People. Gotta love 'em, right?

Comments

[kraftpistole.livejournal.com]

W-what's wrong with that poor cat...? Is it trying to kill itself? Is something wrong with its brain...? :(

[hands over towels, soap, Purell hand sanitizer, and a tray-full of tea]

I think it's easy for some bandages to "fall" off cats. But only because "falling" actually occurs after the cat has licked and prodded at it and pushed it off. It's not always easy to stop them. I'm very lucky that Ghresshelle decided she had no interest in licking her stitches after she was fixed. She sniffed at 'em, but left them alone. It was Jimmy who kept licking his, to my annoyance. And if he did it near me, fine, I could stop him. But once he climbed up high into shelfs it was like, "Nya ha! Try an' stop me!"

[madandy.livejournal.com]

Yeah, there was a degree of brain injury - and possibly a brain tumour, too. Nasty business all round. He was, sadly, put to sleep this afternoon.

And for some reason, boy cats tend to be much worse than girl cats when it comes to stitches and bandages!!!

Having said that, with neutering wounds we put the stitches under the skin so there's nothing to poke at, which means most female cats just take a look and go 'OK, whatever.' Boy cats are more likely to get the sort of injuries where there are stitches on the surface and go 'whoo! Whassat, then?' *Pull*

Heh.

[kraftpistole.livejournal.com]

That poor cat. :( May it rest in peace.