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Zippo has a Boo-Boo

Zippo went out early this morning to peruse his territory and he must have had a run in with a usurper. Doug was playing with him later when he noticed the blood. Cats can get infections too easily, so I got dressed and took him to the vet. We had to wait a while because the vet was going on vacation Friday and every animal in Seaford was there. He got a shot and antibiotics to take everyday. This is going to be fun. Fortunately, I have a great syringe for this sort of thing. I got a lot of knitting done while I was done so maybe I will get the wimple done in another day.

Poor baby!

I was asked what a snot vampire was. This is a long story. Many years ago, I was reading a collection of short stories. The editor(producer, publisher–I don’t remember) asked various science fiction writers for off the wall short stories. I believe it was Harlan Ellison who sent a story about a snot vampire. It was so gross that the editor would not publish it and asked for something else. I got the feeling that he knew Ellison sent it on purpose. Since then, I often say I need a snot vampire whenever I have a runny nose or sinus infection. When I mentioned it to my then boyfriend (current husband), he was suitably impressed that I read that sort of thing. So, yesterday, I went to see the doctor (snot vampire) and he gave me a prescription for my sinus infection (bit me on the face and sucked the snot right out of me). I hope your imagination is as good as mine.

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One Response to “Zippo has a Boo-Boo”

  1. Christine's avatar Christine Says:
    January 30, 2008 at 10:26 pm

    When my husband was a boy, his brothers and himself used to hold each other down and blow into each others nostrils thus draining the sinus backward! I do not recommend this procedure.I guess you could say they were real snot vampires. Thankfully he grew out of this phase.I also told him that if he valued his life to never ever try this on me! Poor Zippo! I hope he wasn’t hurt too bad. Cats claws can be very infectious. I knew a lady who almost lost her hand from a cat scratch. She did not know about the dangers and did not have it attended to fast enough.

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