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Specialist - have you been experiencing any vomiting or bleeding or strange body pains?

Big J -No

Sp - do you have any cats?

Big J - 2

Sp. Are they declawed?

Big J - no

Sp - I would say 95% you have "cat scratch fever" I'll see you is about 6 weeks for a followup to see if the node has gone down.






CATS!!!!

Whoohoo!

This sounds delightfully benign!

This is almost comical. And a great relief. To you guys, to all of us. But, seriously, they needed to call in the specialist to give Big J this news?

At least they've ruled out the unthinkable stuff. So now we who have cats can all think on cat scratch fever. I hope it doesn't turn Big J into Ted Nugent (this is a very lame reference to a 60s rocker turned very-right-wing-whacko whose hit record, which I've actually never heard to my knowledge, is, uh...).

ghostjmf wrote:This is almost comical. And a great relief. To you guys, to all of us. But, seriously, they needed to call in the specialist to give Big J this news?

At least they've ruled out the unthinkable stuff. So now we who have cats can all think on cat scratch fever. I hope it doesn't turn Big J into Ted Nugent (this is a very lame reference to a 60s rocker turned very-right-wing-whacko whose hit record, which I've actually never heard to my knowledge, is, uh...).

Not a fan of Nugent but the song has some great guitar licks.

He also did some nice work with Damn Yankees.

Good news!



Even though you make it sound like the cats did something wrong. It's not like they were holding you and Big J hostage.

ghostjmf wrote:This is almost comical. And a great relief. To you guys, to all of us. But, seriously, they needed to call in the specialist to give Big J this news?

At least they've ruled out the unthinkable stuff. So now we who have cats can all think on cat scratch fever. I hope it doesn't turn Big J into Ted Nugent (this is a very lame reference to a 60s rocker turned very-right-wing-whacko whose hit record, which I've actually never heard to my knowledge, is, uh...).

The Dr at the clinic was not sure about the node, so marked urgent on the file. The specialist who does a lot of nodes work, looked at the ultrasound, and was able to make a more specific diagnosis.

Now, if there are any changes over the next 6 weeks, then he'll do a more indepth checking. He did tell Big J that he sees a lot of these.

Great news all around!

Note that the biggest WooHoo came from that dog lady person.

Nothing Could Be Finer Than A Crisis That is Minor in the Morning

This is awesome news!

And a deep, relaxing sigh is in order.

YAYSERS YOWSERS OUCHIES!!!

He didn't prescribe an antibiotic? The little basdids have a name: Bartonella.

Yesssss!!!!!

Very happy it's such an easily dealt with thing--take him out for his favorite dinner tonight!

OK, from my vast fund of stored brain knowledge, I am gleaning the full name of Bartonella Hennsallae, spelling of the 2nd word in question. I will now go look it up (to see if I've even got the right word, for one).


Something all cat associators-with should familarize themselves about, anyway.

ghostjmf wrote:OK, from my vast fund of stored brain knowledge, I am gleaning the full name of Bartonella Hennsallae, spelling of the 2nd word in question. I will now go look it up (to see if I've even got the right word, for one).


Something all cat associators-with should familarize themselves about, anyway.

It's "henselae". Henselae eggs.

At least BJ didn't question my having that vast fund of stored brain knowledge. Stored brain spelling, not always so much.

So glad the news was benign!

Certainly better that he has a bubo from Cat Scratch Fever than some of the other potential causes!

Some of them come as a result with contact from a different type of kitty...

tanstaafl2 wrote:Certainly better that he has a bubo from Cat Scratch Fever than some of the other potential causes!

Some of them come as a result with contact from a different type of kitty...

LALALALALALAL CAN'T HEAR YOU

a1mamacat wrote:

tanstaafl2 wrote:Certainly better that he has a bubo from Cat Scratch Fever than some of the other potential causes!

Some of them come as a result with contact from a different type of kitty...

LALALALALALAL CAN'T HEAR YOU

LOL..........I'm still in denial about how I became a grandmother.