Kitty ER

I have been letting Molly out at night to chase bugs, etc... Last Thursday night I went out to get her and couldn't find her anywhere. I even had the treats out to try to entice her. I gave up after about 20 minutes of looking and came inside. Then I heard meowing at the door so I let her in. She was limping. I was kind of concerned and noticed a drop of blood on her shoulder. No big deal I thought. I picked her up and looked at her abdomen. LOTS of blood there. Being a nurse, I started to investigate further. She had several punture wounds, mild abrasions and one huge 2 inch laceration. This was 10:30pm. There is no 24 hour kitty ER that I know of so it would have to wait until tomorrow. I cleaned the wounds as best as I could and put her to bed.

Friday morning I woke up and went into the kitchen to fix my coffee. No meowing from Molly. This is unusual. She usually meows as soon as she hears me in the kitchen. My heart dropped. I went to her room and opened the door. She was still laying in her bed. As soon as I opened the door she stood up and stretched. Thank goodness!

I called the vet and took her in at 8:00am. (Carlyn even rode the bus that morning so I could take Molly in ASAP) The vet was GREAT. I asked if he was a Mississippi State guy. His response was "Is there any other school?" I thought, "you are the vet for me!" He shaved Molly's abdomen and looked her over and decided he needed to suture that large laceration. I picked her up after lunch and she did great. She is on clindamycin and has already licked 2 of her stitches out but the wounds look good.

I think one of the tom cats next door got her. He really tore her up. Now I won't let her out of my sight when we are outside. I hate that she can't go out on her own anymore. But I am scared of what that animal might do to her next. I can't afford too many vet bills or losing my Molly Mac.