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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / December 2004Purrs for Pan
Hi all, This is not a life-threatening situation, but I feel terrible about it, nonetheless. Today, Pan and I were in the kitchen, and I stepped back at just the wrong moment, not realizing he was right behind me. I've stepped on plenty of little paws in my life, but until now, never with worse consequences than a cat squalling "Look where you're stepping, you oaf!" Panther certainly squawked, but I didn't realize at first that he'd truly been hurt. I found out a few minutes later when he came into the bedroom and tried to jump up on the bed. Usually, this is no problem for him, although he is a bit arthritic. This time, he just barely made it. Once he was up on the bed, I saw he was clearly favoring his right hind leg, poor darling. I carefully felt the leg and there was no broken skin or blood, but it obviously hurt him when I did so as he kept up a low growl. So I hauled him off to the vet, and x-rays showed he had a slight greenstick fracture, just above his ankle. (There must be a more accurate medical term for it, but that's what Dr. McKenzie called it.) Since he is such an old cat, Dr. McKenzie did not want to put him under anesthesia, but had myself and a vet technician assist him to set and immobilize the break. At any rate, Pan is now home, and his leg is splinted and bandaged. I'll be taking him back to TED on Friday to check that everything is okay. Pan is feeling very grumpy, and has been hissing and swearing at the girls. Nina has been cowering under the bed since I've been gone, and she looks at Pan as if he were Nosferatu. Unfortunately, I had to hurry home and dress for work, right away, so I don't know what happened to scare her so much. Cesca is wandering about, mostly avoiding Pan. So please send some healing purrs that Pan's leg will be okay. He'll be splinted and bandaged for the next six weeks, at least, since he's 16 years old. I feel very guilty for having hurt him, even by accident. Melissa > So please send some healing purrs that Pan's leg will be okay. He'll be > splinted and bandaged for the next six weeks, at least, since he's 16 years > old. I feel very guilty for having hurt him, even by accident. Poor Pan! You must feel terrible, although of course, it wasn't your fault. If you have cats, stepping on their feet is inevitable. (Sometimes I'm convinced they do it on purpose, to get pets or treats or something!) Anyway, it's surprising that being stepped on would result in a fracture. I guess, considering his age, it makes sense. Still, that's an unexpected and upsetting outcome to a common kitty-household accident. Purrs for Pan and his leg owie! Joyce > > So please send some healing purrs that Pan's leg will be okay. He'll be > > splinted and bandaged for the next six weeks, at least, since he's 16 years [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Joyce I think what must have happened was that my heel came down just above his hind paw, and the pressure was sufficient to crack the bone. Poor baby! Melissa Purrs are on their way - for Pan, and for you! -- Joy > Hi all, > [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > > Melissa Purrs on the way for Pan to heal quickly and for everyone to settle down. And of course purrs for you - it hurts when you hurt those you love, even by accident  SignatureSteve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and 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 > So please send some healing purrs that Pan's leg will be okay. He'll be > splinted and bandaged for the next six weeks, at least, since he's 16 years > old. I feel very guilty for having hurt him, even by accident. It's so hard in situations like this not to feel guilty.. here's to a speedy recovery. Mutual purrs, Kathryn > So please send some healing purrs that Pan's leg will be okay. He'll be > splinted and bandaged for the next six weeks, at least, since he's 16 years > old. I feel very guilty for having hurt him, even by accident. Poor Panther. we will be purring hard for the leg to heal ok. And soothing purrs to you, please don't beat yourself up over it. I've certainly stepped on many a cat's paw in my time, it's just luck that I never hurt anyone badly. SignatureMarina, Frank and Nikki marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki Awww... poor baby. Lost of healing purrs on the way. Also for you, don't feel guilty, it was an accident and Pan is ok. > Hi all, > [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > > Melissa Ohhhh. Poor Pan!!! Poor you :( I completely understand. I hope it heals just fine. Please keep us posted. He needs lots and lots of extra attention. Poor Nina is maybe just scared because uncle Pan is grumpy. Mega, mega quick healing purrs. I feel awful for you both :( > Hi all, > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Melissa Healing purrs for Pan and calming purrs for you and the other furkids. Jill Aww, poor baby -- lots of purrs for Pan to heal quickly and well. Purrs for you, too. Christine > Hi all, > [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > > Melissa Boneknitting purrs coming over for Pan and soothing purrs for you. Tweed > Hi all, > [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] > > Melissa Purrs for Pan. I know how you feel, I did even worse, but with a lesser outcome. I was coming in the back door (french doors) and they tend to stick very badly (our humid climate here in houston causes them to swell every summer) so you have to slam them really hard in order to get them to close. When Sammy was still very tiny, she tried to dart out just as I was slamming the door shut and it caught her right on her rib cage. I don't know how it didn't just kill her outright, much less not break any bones (maybe kittens, like kids, still have sort of rubbery bones that are hard to break - nature is very smart, or little ones would be in a constant state of disrepair because of the mischief they all tend to get into). Just thinking about that makes me cry all over again. The silver lining to that dark cloud in her past is that she is now terrified of doors and will *not* try to run outside *ever*. Hugs, CatNipped > Hi all, > [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] > > Melissa >When Sammy was still very tiny, she tried to dart out just as I was >slamming the door shut and it caught her right on her rib cage. We've had at least one RPCA member (Henry Christensen) lose a kitten that way, so even with their rubbery bones, we have to be careful! Tails have also gotten caught. >>When Sammy was still very tiny, she tried to dart out just as I was >> slamming the door shut and it caught her right on her rib cage. > >We've had at least one RPCA member (Henry Christensen) lose a kitten >that way, so even with their rubbery bones, we have to be careful! >Tails have also gotten caught. I once caught my heel, fell backwards against a wall, and sat down into a cardboard box containing six two-day-old kittens. I was afraid to look, sure that I had just killed the entire litter. As it turned out, all of the kittens were in the three inches or so at each end of the box that wasn't occupied by my rump, so none of them was injured. I class this as a genuine, God-given miracle, as their eyes weren't open yet so they could not have seen me coming. 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 > I once caught my heel, fell backwards against a wall, and sat down > into a cardboard box containing six two-day-old kittens. I was [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > injured. I class this as a genuine, God-given miracle, as their eyes > weren't open yet so they could not have seen me coming. WOW - no kidding! That would give anyone religion! Amazing. Joyce Poor Pan and poor Mommy. I know you felt just awful and having to go to the vet and help set the leg etc didn't help matters any. Greenstick it is. As the break is very much like what would happen it you broke a tiny branch that was still green. Does Pan have something for pain for a while? I know he will be getting spoiled rotten for the next six weeks. Heck, it wasn't your fault. We've all stepped on a paw or two I'd guess. Jo > Hi all, > [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] > > Melissa Hi all, thanks for all the good wishes. Pan is a lot more comfortable this morning, since the break is immobilized. He ate some breakfast this morning, and has figured out how to use the litterbox as well, to my great relief. But he does thump a bit when he walks, and obviously finds the bandages annoying. I made him a cozy place in the living room with a folded up blanket and a hot water bottle, and the vet said to just let him stay quiet. I do have some pain meds for him, and he got a shot from the vet yesterday, but the vet said it's best to be conservative with it, since he is an old kitty. I'm feeling better too, today. But I'm looking around VERY carefully for kitties before I back up! Melissa > Poor Pan and poor Mommy. I know you felt just awful and having to go to the > vet and help set the leg etc didn't help matters any. [quoted text clipped - 46 lines] > > > > Melissa >Hi all, thanks for all the good wishes. Pan is a lot more comfortable this >morning, since the break is immobilized. He ate some breakfast this [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >I'm feeling better too, today. But I'm looking around VERY carefully for >kitties before I back up! Maybe you should try making those warning beeps, like backing-up trucks. ;) Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com >Hi all, thanks for all the good wishes. Pan is a lot more comfortable this >morning, since the break is immobilized. He ate some breakfast this >morning, and has figured out how to use the litterbox as well, to my great >relief. But he does thump a bit when he walks, and obviously finds the >bandages annoying. Pan is a very good kitty! I also try to be careful not to step on Betty. She's usually pretty good at getting out of the way, but I've accidentally kicked her a couple of times, though they were more like nudges than field goals, fortunately. > Pan is a very good kitty! I also try to be careful not to step on > Betty. She's usually pretty good at getting out of the way, but I've > accidentally kicked her a couple of times, though they were more like > nudges than field goals, fortunately The most common accident in this house is that one of the cats, standing too close to the bathroom door, gets the door right in the face when I open the door. But they never learn to stay away from the door, do they? Hans Yes I meant to say when I posted, that my son had a greenstick fracture of his wrist when he was about eight also that I had a black cat named Panther who lived till she was 16.1/2 Jean.P. > Poor Pan and poor Mommy. I know you felt just awful and having to go to the > vet and help set the leg etc didn't help matters any. [quoted text clipped - 46 lines] > > > > Melissa >So please send some healing purrs that Pan's leg will be okay. He'll be >splinted and bandaged for the next six weeks, at least, since he's 16 years >old. I feel very guilty for having hurt him, even by accident. > >Melissa Healing purrs for Pan. Don't beat yourself up over it. You couldn't help it. All of us have accidentally stepped on them at one time or other. Sherry >Hi all, > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >Panther certainly squawked, but I didn't realize at first that he'd truly >been hurt. Healing purrs for Pan, and "don't beat yourself up" purrs for his mom.;) Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com > Hi all, > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > on plenty of little paws in my life, but until now, never with worse > consequences than a cat squalling "Look where you're stepping, you oaf!" Purrs for poor old Pan. It's pure bad luck that he got hurt, no fault of yours. Helaing purrs en route from the entire crew! Melissa H wrote: ---------------------<snip>---------------------- >So please send some healing purrs that Pan's leg will be okay. He'll be >splinted and bandaged for the next six weeks, at least, since he's 16 years >old. I feel very guilty for having hurt him, even by accident. It's only natural to feel that it's your fault. But it's NOT. They will stand around our feet and the occasional accident is bound to occur. Just take care of Pan and before you know it he'll be fine. Regards and Purrs, O J We will purr and pray that Pan's leg heals quickly and uneventfully. Please give him extra skritches from us and extra goodies. Jazz & his mama SignatureIrulan from the stars we come to the stars we return from now until the end of time > Hi all, > [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] > > Melissa (snippage) > So please send some healing purrs that Pan's leg will be okay. He'll be > splinted and bandaged for the next six weeks, at least, since he's 16 years > old. I feel very guilty for having hurt him, even by accident. > > Melissa Awww, poor Panther. We are sending lots of healing purrs his way, along with nerve-soothing purrs to you. I have stepped on some paws too, and know how you feel, though these days getting used to Tallulah and Hubert after so many years of tailless Mikey, it's tails that are involved in most of the accidents around here. ------ Krista Lots of purrs for Pan and for you. Hugs, SignaturePolonca & Soncek > Hi all, > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Panther certainly squawked, but I didn't realize at first that he'd truly > been hurt. <snip on 2004-12-01, Melissa Houle penned: [snip] > So please send some healing purrs that Pan's leg will be okay. He'll be > splinted and bandaged for the next six weeks, at least, since he's 16 years > old. I feel very guilty for having hurt him, even by accident. Scary! Purrs for you and Pan, both. Oscar likes to hang out just ahead of us on stairs when we're carrying large objects and can't see our feet. She'll also "stalk" us from the stairs. I definitely worry about a similar situation, except that we'd be lucky if we only stepped on her leg. I've often had to skip a step going downstairs at the last millisecond, and I'm afraid that one of these days, I'll slip and both of us will be in trouble. Signaturemonique > At any rate, Pan is now home, and his leg is splinted and bandaged. > I'll be taking him back to TED on Friday to check that everything is okay. [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Melissa Purrs for Pan's leg to heal quickly and cleanly. Purrs for his meowmie too. I know how terrible I would feel in that situation {{{Melissa}}} SignatureElise (supervised by Gossamer & Jeeves) pics: http://photos.yahoo.com/dragonandthistle@snet.net > So please send some healing purrs that Pan's leg will be okay. > He'll be splinted and bandaged for the next six weeks, at least, > since he's 16 years old. I feel very guilty for having hurt him, > even by accident. Yikes! I worry about that a lot with little kittens under foot, and I used to step on Shadow a LOT because he was a black cat, and hard to see when he was in front of me when it was dark (for some reason he liked doing that?) Purrs for a fast healing. SignatureCheryl >Hi all, > [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > >Melissa Don't beat yourself up. You did hurt him on purpose or carelessly. It was just an accident. And when you found out he was injured, you reacted rapidly to help him. You did the right thing. Cats and other animals often act aggressively, like growling, as a defensive measure for the handicap. The other cats would naturally be disturbed about his strange smell and the strange thing on his foot, as weell as the message of the growling. My household is purring for your household. CATherine, Sheba, Djoser, Robin >>Hi all, >> [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > >CATherine, Sheba, Djoser, Robin Whoops!!!11 I made a typo. In the above message, second sentence, I meant to say "didn't". I am so sorry if I hurt any feelings. Please forgive me. Sometimes I leave out whole words instead of a few letters. I guess it is my arthritic fingers' way of trying to keep with my mind! :-) -- CATherine SNIP> > > >CATherine, Sheba, Djoser, Robin > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > -- > CATherine CATherine, Please don't worry. =o) I knew what you MEANT to say all along from the context of the rest of your message, and I am not at all offended. But it was kind of you to make sure. Pan has actually eaten some breakfast this morning, and last night he curled up with me on the couch while I watched TV. Melissa > SNIP> > > > >CATherine, Sheba, Djoser, Robin [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Melissa Have you autographed his little cast yet :) > > SNIP> > > > > >CATherine, Sheba, Djoser, Robin [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > Have you autographed his little cast yet :) Ah well, no. =o) It's not a plaster cast, alas. It's padding, splint, and then elasticized bandages to hold everything together. Also, I took Pan in to see Dr. McKenzie again today for a follow up appointment. He wanted to make sure no sores were developing under the splint and bandages. So far, so good. Today Pan got pretty BLUE bandages. Pan was not at all grateful for the attention, I'm afraid, although he didn't try to bite or scratch. Just kept a low growl going to show how very annoyed he was. Melissa >>> SNIP> > >>>>> CATherine, Sheba, Djoser, Robin [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > > Melissa Awww. Good kitty! Keep us posted on that leg! I too have those athritic hands, but the reason I make mistakes is that I'm not a fast typist and my mind runs on ahead of my fingers Jean.P. > >>Hi all, > >> [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > -- > CATherine <snip> >I feel very guilty for having hurt him, even by accident. > > Melissa We all understand how you feel. Heeling purrs for Pan, I expect he's forgiven you already. > <snip> >>I feel very guilty for having hurt him, even by accident. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > We all understand how you feel. Heeling purrs for Pan, I expect he's > forgiven you already. My two have learnt over the last twelve months or so to scoot out of my way. They now seem to realise that my sight isn't brilliant - or maybe they just learned that I often stepped on them, especially Kitty, a black tuxedo girl on a navy carpet. I'm so glad I never did them any real damage. If I happen to accidentally step on a foot or tail, they run away, but as soon as I say sorry, it was an accident, they come back immediately. They just seem to know that I don't intend to hurt them, and if I do, accidentally, they don't hold it against me. Tweed "Christina Websell" <spamfree@tinawebsell.wanadoo.co.uk> had some very interesting things to say about Re: Purrs for Pan: >My two have learnt over the last twelve months or so to scoot out of my way. >They now seem to realise that my sight isn't brilliant - or maybe they just [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >They just seem to know that I don't intend to hurt them, and if I do, >accidentally, they don't hold it against me. There've been times I was sure Felix had intentionally stuck his tail or a paw into the traffic flow so he *would* get stepped on [he knows my vision isn't so good, especially without my glasses] and picked up and comforted. I keep telling him there are better ways to ask Mommy for a cuddle. :-) Signature"The universe is quite robust in design and appears to be doing just fine on its own, incompetent support staff notwithstanding. :-)" - the Dennis formerly known as (evil), MCFL >Hi all, > [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > >Melissa {{{{Melissa}}}} Purrs for Pan's swift healing. My ex-husband, while moving out, did pretty much the same thing to our Circe (RB) (completely accidentally). It was pretty sad and pathetic watching him get around on that splinted leg, but as they say, this too shall pass. Hopefully Pan will be back to jumping up very soon. Ginger-lyn > Hi all, > [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > > Melissa Sending purrs for Pan's complete recovery. Also sending you a reminder to do "scent transfer" each time you bring him home from the Vet. MLB > Sending purrs for Pan's complete recovery. Also sending you a reminder to > do "scent transfer" each time you bring him home from the Vet. MLB I'm not the OP, but, what do you mean? Signaturemonique, caretaker of Oscar Well at 16 Melissa, he's a very old man, and oldies do tend to be more fragile, so dont go on a guilt trip, cats do get under your feet I've done my share of stepping on feet and tails, Wilson and I send lots of healing Purrs. sorry I'm late as usual I only just saw this post Jean.P. > Hi all, > [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > > Melissa |
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