Julian needs more medicine

[redbird]

Dr. Luckow called this morning, with the results of the Bartinella test. On a scale of zero (no infection) to four, Julian tested at 4+.

We'll have to get him medicine, and give it to him once a day for three weeks. And we're advised not to let him scratch us, because Bartinella is the thing that causes cat-scratch fever. Given this tiger-cub kitten, that's probably impossible unless I wear long pants and long sleeves at all times. Right. In a New York summer.

I am more and more annoyed at KittyKind: not just because he's got this and the worms, but because they assured us he was healthy and wouldn't need to see a vet for a year.

And I am very glad we got our pretty Julian away from them, before they could give him to someone who would have listened to their advice and let him be sick for a year.

Comments

[baldanders.livejournal.com]

I remember Kristen's bout of cat scratch fever, which took away a summer and included buboes that needed to be drained with needles. I don't mean to be alarming, but be careful.

[kristenj.livejournal.com]

Lord, it really was horrid. And from just a tiny shallow scratch, too.