I had a little injury on Saturday morning. It's become routine that after I get dressed everyday, I spend a few minutes playing rough with my now 3-year old cat named Oreo. I've been doing it since I adopted him when he was 2-months. He literally waits for me on my bed while I'm in the shower. He's a very gentle cat and never leaves a mark despite us playing rough. I have a box fan that is only halfway on the dresser so it can be angled towards my head. Saturday morning while I was holding Oreo down, the fan fell onto the floor, it made a loud noise and spooked him. He bit into my index finger right on the joint and all four paws scratched me from my fingers all the way up to my shoulder (I was wearing a tank-top). My forearm got the worst of it. The scratches are superficial but they're puffy and red. I've been applying Polysporin a few times a day. My right index finger is double the size of my left one. I'm not mad at Oreo, he was just doing what cats do when they're startled.
Anyways, I've learned firsthand how important the index finger is to shaving. It now takes me less than 10 minutes to shave my head, yesterday it took 20 minutes. I'm on vacation this week and as much I enjoy shaving my head I might wait until I go back to work before shaving it again. It'll also give my finger time to heal. I'm going into the hospital tomorrow for a 30-minute outpatient procedure so I'll get them to look at my wounds. I know cat scratches are particularly prone to infection. When my mom was healthy, she required antibiotics through IV for a week after being attacked by a household feline.
