Honey Soy the chook gave me a bloody good scratch this morning across the elbow. Since it was damp overnight, her claws were muddy. I wiped it off, disinfected, and carried on my merry way.
Now, I'm feeling a bit sore and achey in my right arm, which is probably just my body fighting whatever was on the chook foot, but also the tooth (in the right upper side) is acting up, in addition to which, I'm feeling generally grim and tired.
Plus, I'm a little freaked, since I met a guy on Christmas day who started off with a toothache in Vietnam, came back to Australia and went promptly to emergency, and woke up months later from a coma having had a brain infection that's taken much of his ability to communicate and move - he moves and talks like a stroke victim, although there's apparently nothing wrong with his thought processes, etc...
Let's just say, I'd rather not end up like that.
Anyway, I've seen enough of blood poisoning in the last year that if I start shaking or trembling (rigors) then I'll definitely be going to emergency.
But I'm starting to think I might need gauntlets to deal with the chickens - Honey is particularly vicious that way...
Now, I'm feeling a bit sore and achey in my right arm, which is probably just my body fighting whatever was on the chook foot, but also the tooth (in the right upper side) is acting up, in addition to which, I'm feeling generally grim and tired.
Plus, I'm a little freaked, since I met a guy on Christmas day who started off with a toothache in Vietnam, came back to Australia and went promptly to emergency, and woke up months later from a coma having had a brain infection that's taken much of his ability to communicate and move - he moves and talks like a stroke victim, although there's apparently nothing wrong with his thought processes, etc...
Let's just say, I'd rather not end up like that.
Anyway, I've seen enough of blood poisoning in the last year that if I start shaking or trembling (rigors) then I'll definitely be going to emergency.
But I'm starting to think I might need gauntlets to deal with the chickens - Honey is particularly vicious that way...