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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / January 2006Purrs for Dave to get moving
Dear all Can we utilise the power of the purr for my SO Dave? He did something to his foot, looked like a skin infection that has scabbed over so he can't walk. (Before you point out the obvious, he has such a phobia of hospitals and doctors that if he wanted to go I'd be calling the undertaker!) and is reduced to sitting about and driving me up the walls. He needs to move it but says it hurts too much (The man is a coward) also as he can't get up he is not being an efficient cat slave so purrs please (The Furballs can only do so much!) Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs >Dear all > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >coward) also as he can't get up he is not being an efficient cat slave >so purrs please (The Furballs can only do so much!) Purrs on the way.  SignatureSteve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Spot with loving memories of Rocky (RB) stouchst@JUNKsirinet.net [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html >>Dear all >>Can we utilise the power of the purr for my SO Dave? He did something [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >>coward) also as he can't get up he is not being an efficient cat slave >>so purrs please (The Furballs can only do so much!) Many, many purrs coming Dave's way! Charleen Mr. Pumpkin Aggie Marble Victor Velcro > Dear all > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Slave of the Fabulous Furballs Purrs on the way. Cats are better than doctors. SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) A House is not a home, without a cat. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk aw, purrs and prayers that Dave starts feeling better soon. Slather on the topical antibiotic if he won't go see a doctor. Lily & her mama SignatureIrulan from the stars we come to the stars we return from now until the end of time > Dear all > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Slave of the Fabulous Furballs > Dear all > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Slave of the Fabulous Furballs Lesley, has Dave been tested for diabetes? I know he hates doctors and stuff, but that's pretty alarming. Purrs for a resolution and healing. > Lesley, has Dave been tested for diabetes? I know he hates doctors and > stuff, but that's pretty alarming. Purrs for a resolution and healing. It has crossed my mind but he doesn't have any other symptoms and it means getting him near a doctor and I don't have a set of tranquilliser darts handy nor am I strong enough to drag him! Anyway he's allegedly sane (okay he's been with me for 28 years so I'll settle for "allegedly") it's just he has an extreme phobia about the medical profession probably caused by the fact he had several major operations before he was 5 due to the fact that he has congenital ulnar absences. The last time he had anything like this (about 4 years ago) he went to the doctor (He had to go on an unrelated matter) and the doctor wasn't worried about it. Personally I think it might be down to wandering around the flat bare footed and not washing his feet enough.....He's been told that if it's no better by the weekend then we ARE going to hospital, phobia or no phobia Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs >> Lesley, has Dave been tested for diabetes? I know he hates doctors and >> stuff, but that's pretty alarming. Purrs for a resolution and healing. [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >no better by the weekend then we ARE going to hospital, phobia or no >phobia Keep an eye out for any sign of spreading infection, particularly red streaks. If you see red streaks, he needs to go to the hospital immediately, as blood poisoning can be fatal. SignatureJohn F. Eldredge -- john@jfeldredge.com PGP key available from http://pgp.mit.edu "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria > Keep an eye out for any sign of spreading infection, particularly red > streaks. If you see red streaks, he needs to go to the hospital > immediately, as blood poisoning can be fatal. Actually whatever the infection was it was superficial and has more or less healed up- it's just caused a large area of skin around his ankle to scab overand tighten up, where the scabs are now coming away the underlying skin looks healthy. Yesterday he managed a few steps and he says it doesn't feel so tight so he's going to try and do a bit more today so keep purring it seems to be working! Have to tell you this one. Last night I'm sitting watching telly and out of the corner of my eye I see Sarrasine at the DVD rack again. This rack was not put together by competent people ie Dave and me and doesn't hold the discs in for quite a bit of one side of it. Sarrasine just loves to stretch out on it and push the DVD's out with her nose. So I am watching her and lo and behold slowly "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" (Can't fault her taste) starts to slide out. "Sarrasine, if you keep doing that you're going out" I said She went round to the front of the stand and pushed it back in at once! We just looked at each other in amazement! I mean we know she's a criminal genius and all that but we didn't know she could understand long sentences Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs >> Keep an eye out for any sign of spreading infection, particularly red >> streaks. If you see red streaks, he needs to go to the hospital [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >says it doesn't feel so tight so he's going to try and do a bit more >today so keep purring it seems to be working! This is good to hear. I had the (evidently false) impression that the wound was being slow to heal. I always get impatient waiting for a scab to come completely off, but learned as a child (as do most people) that trying to help the peeling process along doesn't help. >Have to tell you this one. Last night I'm sitting watching telly and >out of the corner of my eye I see Sarrasine at the DVD rack again. This [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >criminal genius and all that but we didn't know she could understand >long sentences Smart cat! Is she related to Macavity the Mystery Cat? http://coral.lili.uni-bielefeld.de/Classes/Summer97/SemGS/WebLex/OldPossum/oldpo ssumlex/node11.html SignatureJohn F. Eldredge -- john@jfeldredge.com PGP key available from http://pgp.mit.edu "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria > This is good to hear. I had the (evidently false) impression that the > wound was being slow to heal. I always get impatient waiting for a > scab to come completely off, but learned as a child (as do most > people) that trying to help the peeling process along doesn't help. It seems to have taken a long time but that's probably more to do with my perception than real time, it started just before Xmas and it's nearly all healed apart from one scab which is right where you bend your ankle to stand up and that's finally coming away and yes I've been tempted to rip it off more than once! > Smart cat! Is she related to Macavity the Mystery Cat? She could give him lessons! At 10 weeks old she worked out how to open bags of kitten kibble and how to maximise the amount she could pick out with one paw by licking the paw before scooping the kibble out!! Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs >She could give him lessons! At 10 weeks old she worked out how to open >bags of kitten kibble and how to maximise the amount she could pick out >with one paw by licking the paw before scooping the kibble out!! I hope Heidi doesn't take to doing that. Damp kibble doesn't roll or scoot as well as dry, and half her daily exercise comes from pulling her kibbles out one at time (after she's really had enough to eat) and chasing them for a bit before consuming them. SignatureWayne M (indulged by Will and Heidi) > Dear all > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Slave of the Fabulous Furballs Men can be such babies, can't they? Purrs out to Dave. :~) kili >> Dear all >> [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > kili I really don't think an extreme phobia about the medical profession is babyish, it must make life very difficult for Dave, and I'm sure he'd change it if he could. SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) A House is not a home, without a cat. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk > I really don't think an extreme phobia about the medical profession is > babyish, it must make life very difficult for Dave, and I'm sure he'd change > it if he could. > -- Probably would. He always worries that if he goes near them they will find something wrong. Unfortunately he's not so long ago had that belief bolstered by my best friend (apart from Dave) Mick who went to the doctor with a cold that he couldn't shake and was soon hearing those two little words no-one wants to here i.e. "It's cancer" Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs > >> Dear all > >> [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > babyish, it must make life very difficult for Dave, and I'm sure he'd change > it if he could. Oh, I know, it wasn't a cut to Dave! Gosh, I'm a fine one to talk; I broke my hand and haven't had it treated. I never, ever go to the doctor and I'm a mess. I was just referring to the male "gene" that causes them to whine at the slightest bit of discomfort. You know the routine, "Get me a glass of water, make me breakfast, oh groan, groan, get me the remote...." <g> kili You know the routine, "Get me a glass > of water, make me breakfast, oh groan, groan, get me the remote...." <g> I've had enough of that since he did it! I told him that when he got better I was going to bed for the weekend so he could find out what its like to be doing everything (Funny he hasn't tried to get better since....) Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs >>>> Dear all >>>> [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > > kili Have you been watching me? ;o) SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) A House is not a home, without a cat. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk > >>>> Dear all > >>>> [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > Have you been watching me? ;o) > -- Tee hee hee! :~) kili <------- who admits to husband catering/enabling. > Dear all > > Can we utilise the power of the purr for my SO Dave? He did something > Lesley > > Slave of the Fabulous Furballs im sorry dear God only helps those who help themselves! he gave us wonderful doctors and ANTIBIOTICS DAVE foot is sore from infection Why should the Lord work a miracle on his foot when he don't need a miracle he needs to carry his lazy a.s down to the med center and get proper treatment No prayers from me Cause Dave don't need no prayers nope not for this Purrs for Dave to get better soonest! SignatureHugs, CatNipped See all my masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped/ > Dear all > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Slave of the Fabulous Furballs >Can we utilise the power of the purr for my SO Dave? He did something >to his foot, looked like a skin infection that has scabbed over so he [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >coward) also as he can't get up he is not being an efficient cat slave >so purrs please (The Furballs can only do so much!) We'll send some of our most powerful purrs, because that really sounds a little scary, Lesley. Hope you can get him to doctor somehow. ---------- Aside ------------ I've been watching men and women and the "time to get to a doctor" issue for half a century now, and you know what, guys? It's just not fair; a lot of us are not treating our women with the consideration or respect due them. They shouldn't have to push that hard, and they shouldn't have to watch us or nurse us through the consequences of our stubbornness. I would really love to see every man who is now, or ever hopes to be, hooked up with a woman take this solemn vow: "I promise, upon pain of bereavement, that if she ever tells me it's time for me to see a doctor, I will take no time to make excuses, nor give any scope to my fears, but will immediately and uncomplainingly pick up the phone and make the appointment." (Of course, you'll have to ask her for the number, but she'll be happy to supply it.) SignatureWayne M. > >Can we utilise the power of the purr for my SO Dave? He did something > >to his foot, looked like a skin infection that has scabbed over so he [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > > Wayne M. Finally, a man who *gets* it! When you men are sick, you don't realize how much we women cater to you. At least you appreciate it. Thanks, Wayne! kili > Dear all > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Slave of the Fabulous Furballs He should take care of this whether he likes it or not. Is he diabetic? I have read that diabetics can lose a leg from a simple infection. Tell him to get moving NOW. > Dear all > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Slave of the Fabulous Furballs but I still said a prayer > Dear all > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > coward) also as he can't get up he is not being an efficient cat slave > so purrs please (The Furballs can only do so much!) Purrs for Dave. You can't persuade him to at least go to a phramacy to get some ointment? Yowie > Dear all > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Slave of the Fabulous Furballs Lots and lots of purrs and best wishes, Polonca and Soncek Purrs on the way. Ann Signatureread Sam's blog at http://kittens-3.blogspot.com/ see pictures of Sam at http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/ann791/my_photos >> Dear all >> [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > Lots and lots of purrs and best wishes, > Polonca and Soncek So, Dave has a mental condition (his phobia) that makes him a threat to himself? In most.many/all US states that would be grounds for involuntary commitment for treatment. George > Dear all > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > can't get up he is not being an efficient cat slave so purrs > please (The Furballs can only do so much!) Sending purrs, Lesley. SignatureCheryl > Dear all > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Slave of the Fabulous Furballs Purrs on the way from here. SignatureSam, closely supervised by Mistletoe >Dear all > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > >Slave of the Fabulous Furballs Kick-butt purrs on the way ;-) Ginger-lyn Home Pages: http://www.spiritrealm.com/summer/ http://www.angelfire.com/folk/glsummer (homepage & cats) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~summer/index.htm (genealogy) http://www.movieanimals.bravehost.com/ (The Violence Against Animals in Movies Website) |
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