Dr. Cliff Redford
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strong and independent, she's already saying, I want to get back to work.
They've got a GoFundMe page where they're raising money for prosthetics.
And she's like, I just spent 32 weeks asleep or sitting in a bed
I can't do this anymore.
I want to get outside.
I want to enjoy life.
I want to play with my dog.
Yeah, like if you get bit by a cat and the bite punctures the skin, I've been bitten by cats and I go to the doctor right away and I say, give me some clavulanic acid and amoxicillin.
It's called clavimox or claviseptin.
It's a very powerful antibiotic.
Cats, more so than dogs, but both cats and dogs have a bacteria in their mouths called Pasturella multocida or multicida, depending on how you say it.
And it's like chemical warfare.
Now, the problem with cat bites is they don't generally bleed that much.
They bite you and their teeth are so tiny and sharp that it sort of deposits, deposits, deposits.
Deposits.
Deposits.
deposits bacteria under the skin, the skin seals up very, very quickly.
You're like, oh, I'm fine.
And then you develop this toxic line of like blue vessels running up your arm, let's say.
And back in the day of when no antibiotics existed, I mean, a cat bite would kill you.