(copy from journal - oh my face!)
Cats Are Great Until
...they're not.
Let me backtrack a little. This afternoon, I'm laying in bed because I'm not feeling well and I wanted to take a nap. So little Gracie comes up and pushes her way under the blanket and snuggles up with me. This is the cutest thing ever because she's never laid under the blanket with me like that. Most cats wouldn't do anything like that. So we both go to sleep.
Everything's great until something spooks her. Because all I know is that I'm woken up by the most horrific pain as she flails and tries to untangle herself by clawing at every thing and any thing - most notably my face. I scream and am immediately crying because, hello? My face is cut to hell. I run to the bathroom and sure enough, I'm bleeding. In several places.
Time for a visual to help explain.
Of course, I'm not wearing any makeup or anything, so besides the massive cut, it's not the most flattering of shot. Anyway, there's a huge cut all the way down the side of my face. There's also a puffy, painful puncture under my eye. She also got under my eyebrow and two places next to my nose. It actually looks worse in person. The photo makes it look small if you can believe it.
About ten hours later, it's still angry, red, and hurts so damned bad. It stings, but more then that at this point, I feel like someone hit me upside the head with a 2x4. It feels extremely bruised and it just absolutely aches. I cleaned it out with hydrogen peroxide and have been applying neosporin to it, but it's killing me. It hurts something fierce.
So happy day to me, hu?
...they're not.
Let me backtrack a little. This afternoon, I'm laying in bed because I'm not feeling well and I wanted to take a nap. So little Gracie comes up and pushes her way under the blanket and snuggles up with me. This is the cutest thing ever because she's never laid under the blanket with me like that. Most cats wouldn't do anything like that. So we both go to sleep.
Everything's great until something spooks her. Because all I know is that I'm woken up by the most horrific pain as she flails and tries to untangle herself by clawing at every thing and any thing - most notably my face. I scream and am immediately crying because, hello? My face is cut to hell. I run to the bathroom and sure enough, I'm bleeding. In several places.
Time for a visual to help explain.
Of course, I'm not wearing any makeup or anything, so besides the massive cut, it's not the most flattering of shot. Anyway, there's a huge cut all the way down the side of my face. There's also a puffy, painful puncture under my eye. She also got under my eyebrow and two places next to my nose. It actually looks worse in person. The photo makes it look small if you can believe it.
About ten hours later, it's still angry, red, and hurts so damned bad. It stings, but more then that at this point, I feel like someone hit me upside the head with a 2x4. It feels extremely bruised and it just absolutely aches. I cleaned it out with hydrogen peroxide and have been applying neosporin to it, but it's killing me. It hurts something fierce.
So happy day to me, hu?