A Day In The Life Of A Cat

On Monday I was feeling rotten. I'm pretty sure I had a mild fever. So I packed up and headed home to rest and try and beat the cold I've been trying so hard not to get. On my way to the parking lot....bing, bang, boom!. Kitten took a tumble :-( There I lay on the walkway stunned and in pain. After about 15 or so seconds I lifted my head and there was not a soul around. I thought about it and was glad. I don't think it was a graceful fall. I got up and....oh lord....my knee hurt so bad. I thought something had to be broken for that kind of pain. And my head....it was throbbing where it hit the concrete. But I was a brave kitten and got up and headed to my car.....limping.

"just get to your car....just get to your car..." I was telling myself.

I got my phone out as I gimped along and called Greg....and I started to cry. I think he thought I was dying....really.

"Hello..."
"I fell and...*cry*...and I'm....*cry*....bleeding..."
"What?"
"...and my head...*cry*..."
"Your head is bleeding??!"
"Uuhhh huhhh...*sob*..."

My head wasn't bleeding, but my knee was. So once the correct story was established, he told me to go back to my office and have someone take me to a doctor. Well, I wasn't walking all the way back to my office. In "normal" work places the parking lot is usually kinda close to the place of employement. Not mine. I have to park 3 zillion miles from my office. I was much closer to my car, so I wasn't turning around and going back. Finally got to my car and looked at my knee. No need to lift up my pant leg....there was an enormous hole torn right at the place of impact and my bloody knee was visible. More crying. Got home, iced, ate 3 Tyenlol and went to bed.

Next day. Oh....my....goodness. I was soooo sore. My whole body ached. Even my pinky finger hurt. Seriously. Ate more Tyenlol and moved very slow the whole day. Not as slow as a sloth, but pretty darn slow.

Today. Lordy. My knee hurts more today than it did the day I fell. Just bending my leg makes the scraped area radiate pain. I cleaned it this morning and it foamed like I had rabies. So I soaked it in hydrogen peroxide for 20 minutes and put antibiotic cream all over it. Ugh...

Thank goodness I didn't have on my platform sandals (which I wear almost everyday) the day this all happened. With my luck, I would have broken my ankle!