icyaurora8 | incredibly pissed off

so... i am not in a good mood. i own 4 pet rats, and one of them is fairly sick. after cleaning out it's cage earlier, i put some of its medicine on my finger to give to it, and it pretty much tore my left pointer finger clean open. hardcore. as in it's still bleeding an hour later. and i don't have any extra money to go to the docs right now, and it is killing me when my finger decides for a few seconds that it doesn't want to feel numb anymore. and this rat has NEVER bitten me before. i might need a couple of stitches, and i'm sure i need to get on some antibiotics. it's already bruising too. and i work a job where i use my hands all the time... so not cool.

i think the thing that worries me most is that i was using insecticide right b4 this happened (i washed my hands in between), but that stuff doesn't come off u'r skin easily... and now watch, it prolly got into the wound.

so much for my day being good. this has pretty much ruined my mood, not to mention anything i do with my hands.

also... this took me forever to type!

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As long as you clean it properly and put a clean, tight dressing on it you should be fine. If it starts to look infected you need to go to the doctor.

If you're still worried, check with a pharmacist. They can probably give you some anticeptic.

ooo that is a good idea. i've been bitten b4 by one of my old rats, but never this badly. i'm hoping it will start to heal up fairly quickly, cause i really don't want to pay to go to the docs, especially if there is nothing they can do.

thanks hun! i think i'm gonna have the fiance go by the pharmacy on his way home to see if he can pick up something.

No problem. If it looks bad in a couple of days speak to the pharmacist yourself.

Oh no! I'm so sorry that your day has gone badly. That really sucks about your rat, too. I hope you feel better, and that it heals quickly. ♥

i just changed the bandages on it... and it's still bleeding. it hurts even worse than earlier. depending on how it feels tomorrow morning, i'm gonna prolly have to go to the docs and get a stitch or two to keep it closed if it won't stop opening up.

gah... i HATE stitches.

Aw, baby. *kisses your finger all better* I'm sorry you had such a sucky day. I wish I could be there to cheer you up! I've been doing fairly well, but I'm sure we have lots to talk about.

*hugs and happy Erin-pleasing thoughts* I love you, hun! I hope tomorrow goes better for you! (If you have neosporin, that might help a little, at least with any impending infection...)

thanks hun! yeah i'm hoping tomorrow goes better too, but as i told Omi a little bit ago, my finger is STILL bleeding... so i may have to go get a stitch or two in it tomorrow. we definitely need to talk, this week has kinda been odd.

so yeah... gah.

love you hun!

That's too bad. But even the best-behaved animal will sometimes lash out when in pain or ill. I hope your finger's doing better now.

Just remember to keep some peroxid and alcohol on hand. Rinse first with the peroxid and let it bubble away and dirt or infection, then rinse with the alcohol. Speeds up the healing, especially if you use Neosporin after *that*.

Pesti

it's finally getting better now! it actually looks almost completely healed, but it still hurts quite a bit, and it's going to leave a scar, definitely. i think it actually severed a nerve in my finger, cause the end of my finger is STILL numb, even like a few weeks later. oh well... there isn't much i can do about that. it just feels really funny. kinda like my whole finger is asleep. lol.

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