This is a message I received from a friend about the daughter of a child we
were all concerned about.
 
>The tumor that was on her neck was benign and it was caused from a cat
>scratch that she got on her hand about 6 weeks ago.  The doc said it was
>cat scratch disease that she had and it tends to settle in the lymph
>glands.  She's at home and taking Tylenol with codeine!  hehe
 
We were worried about cancer.  What a relief!  But would the same remark
been made had it been done by a ferret?  Would there have been a little hehe
behind it?  What kind of disease would a cat pass that would cause this?
Can ferrets get the same disease.
 
I'm sorry, this just really bugs me.  A cat did this and it's all taken with
a grain of salt.  If a ferret had done this, the law would have been brought
in, the ferret confiscated, and in some places killed and tested.
 
Maybe I'm just over reacting.  But I guess that's just the way it goes.
 
Toni
Dinky(no comment)
[Posted in FML issue 2217]