Wife's arm is rotting off

Not really, but kinda. A couple days ago one of the nasty cats got out, and my wife went out to shoo it back in. When she grabbed the cat, the foul beast freaked out and clawed her up, and she fell into a thorn bush of some sort. She didn't think much of me t at the time, but woke up the next day with a fever and a red spot the size of a baseball. She went to the doctor and she's on two antibiotics, but it keeps getting bigger and nastier. She's going to have to go back to the doctor in the morning, and likely get put on IV antibiotics. Nasty stuff. She could use prayers.

Yesterday night


This morning

Looks bad

I wouldn't wait until morning.

If you’re short on .22 shells I’ll send you one with that cats name on it...........

Praying

How's she doing?

Cat scratch fever is a REAL THING.

Blood poisoning as well.

Get her to the hospital NOW.

Prayers sent.



Charlie

Had a buddy that caught the flesh eating disease from a new made in China workboot.
They marked his foot (like your wife) and waited a few hours to see if the inflamation/discolouration was progress ing and how fast.
They noticed it progressing and put my buddy on IV antibiotics and that got it under control.
He completely recovered with no lasting effects.
It looks like the inflamation is not progressing past the marks on her arm.
God bless for full recovery.

I hope your wife gets better real soon.

That looks nasty....

If I were in your shoes I would not wait until tomorrow.

Good luck!

Moosetrot

X2 !

Saying prayers for her. Hope all goes well today

praying ,

Hope all goes well

I have to agree, get her to the hospital right now! Nothing to fool with.

If anything even begins to look "not good," the docs are gonna hook her up - to some IV meds. Pseudomonas aeruginosa and MRSA are no light matter.

Looks very serious. I hope she can make a complete and rapid recovery. Was it caused from the cat scratches or the thorns?

Hope she's doing better and still alive and well. I'd find a nice place in the garden for the cat!

My brother contracted "Cat Scratch Fever". I remember he said his lymph nodes swelled quite a bit.

God be with her.

It's blood poisoning most likely

Did you get her in to the hospital again?

It's lookinga a little better maybe today, but she still doesn't feel very good. She's headed to the urgent care shortly.

Not good I hope they get this under control for her.

Hope your wife is doing better. If she hasn't already sought medical intervention, take her immediately!

Hope all goes well...prayers sent.

If she was bitten, rabies shots are in order.

Please tell me you at least killed off all the cats.

Got bit through the knuckle from my daughters cat when I picked it up...cause it was in a too public of a spot for my intentions..
within an hour that finger swelled up like a hotdog, antibiotics finally stopped it but it took awhile...plus, i had to quarantine the darn cat cause bites get reported here....
I would keep a close eye on that infection, things can go bad way faster then imaginable

The doc says her blood work is fine, so even though it looks nasty, just let the antibiotics do it's thing for now and keep an eye on it. Not getting any bigger at least.

good news , glad for you

Had that after a back surgery. Best Wishes and prayers.

CHOOT DAT DANG CAT !!!!!

w

She was probably allergic to that Bush and it's a allergic reaction.

That would be my guess also. Disclaimer, I am not a doctor nor do I play one on TV.

Glad to hear she is getting better!

Hang in there. Best wishes to both of you!

Only seen one case personally. A cat bit mom on top of her hand and within an hour she had infection symptoms and a fever. Mom was in her 90s. Happened at a beauty parlor where a cat was not supposed to be inside.

Hoping and Praying for a Speedy Recovery!

Reading the initial post, I think the thorn bush got her, not the cat. I do not cat scratch fever is real because one of my kids got it when they were young, and we didn’t even have a cat.
We now have a cat and she bites me daily, but never really breaks the skin and rarely draws blood.

Looks like the thorns got her good.Good luck ole boy to you and her.Looks like that smarts.

It wasn't a pyracantha bush was it? If so, it looks like the thorns went deep. "Pyracantha is Latin for "Fire Thorn". They will cause what your wife is experiencing. They have an irritant which really lights you up. Combine that with multiple, deep puncture wounds and your tissue tends to freak out.
I am praying that it is the thorn and not from the cat.

I hate cats!! Hope your wife recovers quickly. And if it was the bush that broke her out I'd still blame the furball

Wow ! Poor thing ...

Sent with prayer for a complicate recovery.

i seriously doubt that. Cat bites and scratches are nasty and can easily kill you. My wife works at the hospital and a couple times a year they always get usually a lady that got stratched or nipped by a cat and its always bad business. Those pics look serious. I have had MRSA a couple times a long time ago back in basic training. it looks similar in the beginning.

My wife was bitten by a stray cat that she foolishly picked up. She got a nasty infection, had to undergo rabies shots, and took lots of antibiotics. She's fine, but it was touch and go for a while.
Hopefully, everything will go well for your wife and she makes a quick recovery. Prayers sent.

I pray for your wife. The only good cat is a dead one!

wow not good.

Bush or cat scratch got her?

Wish her luck. Prayers sent

Glad she is doing better.
Jim