My curiosity found a cavity and something to stick in

[sovay]

And then my night became unnecessarily exciting when Hestia standing on top of the refrigerator first got the freezer door open and then panicked because half her feet were on the top of the refrigerator and half her feet were on the swinging freezer door and what with one thing and another I have just finished swishing my mouth out with a fifty-fifty solution of hydrogen peroxide on orders from urgent care, because when I caught my panicked falling cat I mostly caught her with my face. One of her claws went clear through my upper lip, like a barbell. I got her loose before she could struggle further, so I am not in an emergency room in the middle of the night with some undoubtedly nice-mannered resident stitching up my mouth, but I have two exciting diagonal furrows and one puncture that bled eagerly throughout my conversation with urgent care about wound cleaning and the antibiotics that I need to pick up from the pharmacy first thing tomorrow morning, because the combination of cat claw and the human mouth means I am a high risk for infection, which would be the absolute last thing I need. Hestia freaked out and I have reassured her that she is still a good cat and I love her, even if she needs her claws clipped stat. We joke about Autolycus Removal Services, but I guess the other business on the premises is Hestia's Piercings and Tattoo. I assume the wound will close quickly if I keep it clean and don't put any actual metal through it, but in the meantime, God damn, this hurts.

Comments

[sovay]

...OW.

It was not best.

[sovay]

Eee-ow.

Your icon is perfect. Thank you.

[sovay]

Ow ow ow. Get well soon!

Thank you!

[gwynnega]

OUCH. I hope you heal up quickly.

[pameladean]

My heartfelt condolences all around.

P.

[thawrecka]

Oh, ouch! I hope you get better soon.

[sovay]

OUCH. I hope you heal up quickly.

Thank you! I am doing my best.

[sovay]

My heartfelt condolences all around.

Thank you. I have transferred some of this sentiment to Hestia in the form of petting.

[sovay]

Oh, ouch! I hope you get better soon.

Thank you!

[umadoshi]

So much OUCH. I hope it heals quickly and cleanly!

[sovay]

So much OUCH. I hope it heals quickly and cleanly!

Thank you! Fingers crossed, it appears to be.

[boxofdelights]

You reminded me of "I keep forgetting that five of his six ends are pointy": http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1987/11/21

Not meaning to imply that your wounding was as evitable as Calvin's.

[selkie]

Oh my God, I should NEVER turn my back on your LJ-replacing journalthing. Your CAT. Your FACE. *makes sympathetic noises*

[sovay]

Your CAT. Your FACE. *makes sympathetic noises*

*hugs*

The face is healing and the cat has recovered her normal imperious, occasionally slightly squirelly equanimity, but it was definitely not the most recreational way to spend my night.

[genarti]

Oh no! Augh, that sounds horrible. Best wishes for swift and smooth healing, and for Hestia's piercing skills to get no Moore practice!

[drwex]

OMFG. Now _that's_ a mental image. I guess I'm glad it wasn't worse.

[sovay]

Best wishes for swift and smooth healing, and for Hestia's piercing skills to get no Moore practice!

Thank you! I do appear to be healing cleanly, and now I get very nervous when there's a cat on the refrigerator above me.

[sovay]

I guess I'm glad it wasn't worse.

It wasn't my eye and I didn't have to go to the ER! I call silver lining!

[kore]

(YOUR ICON.)

[kore]

Fucken OW. Yay not having to go to the ER?

[zdenka]

(Thank you!)

[kore]

(I LOVED THOSE BOOKS SO, SO FUCKING MUCH. ahem.)

[zdenka]

(So did I! And that scene made me laugh so much I had to icon it.)

[sovay]

Yay not having to go to the ER?

Basically!

[ladymondegreen]

Geez. Pierced by cat is generally not a bucket list item, but now that you have it checked off, I hope it won't happen again.

*gentle hugs*