Me and cats
Okay here's the scoop. I've been bitten by a cat. AGAIN.
The first time I was bitten was 3 years ago. I extended my hand outside my window to get a better signal for my cellphone when all of a sudden a cat just jumped and bit me. Weird, huh? I just can't imagine that happening, not in a million years. Maybe the cat thought I was dangling food or something (the flashing light on my Ericsson R310S must have given the cat that idea) so it bit me. Sigh. I had to scramble and get myself injected with the requisite anti-tetanus shots and the anti-rabies vaccines which cost P30,000 (because there was a time I was injected twice with the same medicine)
The second time was just last week (Monday, 10 July). This time I was going to the hospital to visit Caroline (she had a bad case of the flu - or another bout with dengue fever, I don't know which one is it) when I stepped on a cat - a cat that we have been feeding for the past couple of months. Of course, feeling its tail being crushed beneath my foot, it bit me. A deeper sigh. But lucky me, the cost for this bite has been minimal, perhaps less than P5,000, because my previous injections still provided me with some immunity to the virus and all that I need are booster shots (which I have to renew every year).
What is it with me and cats? Do they love me so much they just want to sink their teeth into me?
The first time I was bitten was 3 years ago. I extended my hand outside my window to get a better signal for my cellphone when all of a sudden a cat just jumped and bit me. Weird, huh? I just can't imagine that happening, not in a million years. Maybe the cat thought I was dangling food or something (the flashing light on my Ericsson R310S must have given the cat that idea) so it bit me. Sigh. I had to scramble and get myself injected with the requisite anti-tetanus shots and the anti-rabies vaccines which cost P30,000 (because there was a time I was injected twice with the same medicine)
The second time was just last week (Monday, 10 July). This time I was going to the hospital to visit Caroline (she had a bad case of the flu - or another bout with dengue fever, I don't know which one is it) when I stepped on a cat - a cat that we have been feeding for the past couple of months. Of course, feeling its tail being crushed beneath my foot, it bit me. A deeper sigh. But lucky me, the cost for this bite has been minimal, perhaps less than P5,000, because my previous injections still provided me with some immunity to the virus and all that I need are booster shots (which I have to renew every year).
What is it with me and cats? Do they love me so much they just want to sink their teeth into me?
posted by Marc dela Peña | 3:36 PM
3 Comments:
i swear, you have a knack for getting yourself into weird accidents!
so what's next? biting ostriches? :)
cat bites?! they scratch... but they bite?! and you got bitten twice??!! ikaw lang yata kilala kong nakagat tas dalawang beses pa! anyway, hope you're ok. =)
slim whale,
Getting myself in weird situations... Ah yes! Zat is the iztory of my life! (Doing my best Louis impersonation) :-)
I hope that this weird incicent will be the last for this year... Ayaw ko naaaaaa!!!!!!
dionne,
Yes, cats do bite (sabi ng duktor sa RITM). Don't worry, okay naman ako. :-) Babalik lang ako ng RITM bukas (21 July) for my last booster shot.
By the way, I forgot to mention na nagkatrangkaso ako after makagat. Ibang klase talaga ano? :-)
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