I'm still here to write this because somehow the kitten and I survived my stupidity but I am truly a deserving nominee.
About 10 days ago, I noticed that little princess pictured above had a lump under her jaw which kept growing although she was acting normal and didn't seem to be in pain but I mentioned it to my vet. I was told to take her temperature so: thermometer up the butt time and the reading was 39.3C, which is right at the upper end of normal, adding to my suspicion that she had an abscess. By Monday, it was even bigger and the vet told me to bring her in the next day and to put her in a little box inside the carrier to help her feel less fear during the trip.
Looking for boxes on Tuesday, one was a little small and the other too big for the carrier so I decided to use the larger box instead of the carrier.
Here comes the heartbreaking work of staggering genius
A little voice in my head said: Maybe you should tape the box closed as well? I thought: Nah, it'll be fine. Set off on the scooter and once I reached the main road and had travelled about 100m, I glanced down at the box. Fuck me: kitten was no longer inside, but on top. I was in the outer lane with cars behind me so the best thing was to get to the side of the road as soon as possible and then try to slow and stop. In my panic, I misjudged the turn and sideswiped the kerb. Scooter down, rearview mirror busted and I'm looking around frantically for the kitten with my heart in my shoes. I spot her running around on the corner a few meters away, near some people waiting for public transport and asked them to please catch her, hoping like hell that she wasn't about to run into the traffic. The nearest ones just looked at me like I was mad and moved away from her. Luckily she approached a kinder gent who scooped her up, handed her to me and helped me pick the bike up, asked how the hell that had all just happened and then left when his minibus arrived. Kitten back in box, I walked 2 blocks to the hardware store, bought packing tape and taped the box tightly closed and rode home.
Dumbness makes me sad
Miraculously, little kitty was frightened but fine on examination, so later that afternoon, I stuffed a cat bed into the carrier to make it smaller inside (why couldn't I think of this sooner?) and off to the vet we went.
My vet clipped her neck and stuck a needle into the lump to draw out whatever fluid was inside to see what we were dealing with. Pure pus... Since said lump was large and reddish in one spot and the skin thin, the vet decided to lance it then and there. Lots of disgusting goop came out, the cavity got flushed and I was sent home with aftercare instructions. She really has been the most obliging patient and today it seems to have healed although you never know with abscesses, they can sometimes form again although so far, so good.
The lump was easily the size of the first joint of my thumb before it was lanced
By this time, I was feeling the physical effects of slamming into the roadside - the top of my left hipbone was well bruised, the knee hurt and scraped and my ribs felt like they had taken a beating, I probably pulled the intercostal muscles. Three days later, I'm still in pain but it's starting to ease.
This is not the first time I have had a cat escape from a makeshift carrier but hopefully the lesson has finally been learned. I would have found it very hard to forgive myself for that act of stupidity had kitty been killed and it's a miracle that she wasn't.
I'm glad you're both okay.
Thanks! Me too!
Thanks @ewkaw and @qurator
Thank goodness your little princess did not escape, she obviously know she's in a good place!
A pity her caretaker is such an idiot!
Nah, I don't think so, like most of us, we just do not listen to that inner voice!
It seems unfair when something goes wrong, when you are trying to do a good thing.
I sometimes don't go with my first thought, but later find I should have. It happens. Sometimes it's hard to listen even to yourself. 😄
I'm glad you were both ok.
Thank you. First thoughts are usually the right ones in my experience
Thank goodness the kitten is ok 😅 take care of yourself too. Don't focus only on the kittens
Oh, the pain is forcing the self-care
Que lindo. Yo siempr3 digo que los mininos son como pequeños bebitos juguetones. Los amo. Tengo una que es mi razón y mi 2da niñita, jj. Ya tiene 16 años.
Beautiful!
What a wild ride. It's great to hear you're both okay. It's a wonder that the kitten didn't run away.
She's so tiny and luckily a very friendly girl
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Some days are too much, but you do take on an awful lot. Cutest kittens ever though! And so docile and loving. I'm glad you're both home and safe.
Thanks, me too, and it was a case of mindful vs mind full indeed
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Omfg the things we do for animals. I am glad you are okay. A woman round here died a few years back swerving for an echidna and hit a pole. She wasn't so lucky.
Oof. Yeah I wasn't considering the scooter's lower ground clearance, did it like I would have on a motorcycle... ingrained reflexes
As I read the odyssey you experienced with the kitten out of the box, my heart beat faster and faster. I confess that I was afraid to continue reading thinking, getting ahead of the reading, that you would have written a misfortune for the kitten.
I continued reading to be happy to see that you recovered the kitten well.
They are so strong. That drained abscess will improve quickly, it will be another mischievous one in your pack.
Your ailments remind me of me. After having had several days to fix both my son's bed and mine, I was left with stiff knees. A lot of pain to walk and a stabbing pain in my ribs (intercostal neuristis) that the first few days didn't even let me breathe. As the days go by, I have been improving.
All this indicates, my dear nikv, that we no longer have a young body, only the mind.
I'm still amazed that this all ended well for the kitten.
When it comes to physical pain, you will discover that you have become stronger from the exercise whereas I should just stop being so careless
I would like to be able to walk again like I did before, as a form of exercise, but if one thing doesn't happen to me, the other happens. There is always an obstacle. I still have the desire to exercise.
I am very happy for that kitten and for all of them, who have fallen into good hands.
Note that you did all of this with a good heart, and I think that so many of us run into negative incidences like this. Hope that you will heal well soon dear friend.
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So much facepalming, I don't know how that didn't end out worse.
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