Pity Party in here *Update in Comments*

emmaaa

Sometimes it seems like FI and I have the worst luck. 

His Jeep had the engine go out twice. The second time, we got rid of it and got a new car (better gas mileage for commute). The deal was he would drive the new car until we got him a small truck and I would keep driving my working but piece of crap car. Well we finally get his truck in August an dI have been driving the new car.

Last night on his way home from class, it apparently made a weird popping noise and started grinding. It was dark so he is looking at it today but it could be anything from the rear end gears to universal joint to the brakes. Luckily, none of this is super expensive.

I was going to drive the old car today so he could change the oil in the new car.  Great, we have an extra car for emergencies like this. Well, the old car wouldn't start. I was late for work because we tried to charge the battery and that took a while. Eventually we gave up because we were both going to be late and went to my dad's and he let me use his car.

***This next part is a sad thing about an animal so read with caution***

The worst part is, last night we stopped to see my dad and get a drop cord to connect the battery charger., Well on the way out, we stopped outside at the dairy house (it's just a small added on room that is concrete to keep cool and was used to store milk from the cows) to see the kittens. My brother and his girlfriend have a cat who had kittens six weeks ago. 

We play with them and omg they are so cute and FI was going to let us keep one because our kitty needs a playmate. We go to leave and I have to shut the dairy house door so they will stay in there because we have coyotes. I shut one of the kittens in the door because he was trying to come out! It screamed and squirmed around. I thought I killed it. I was hysterical. I threw up. I hyperventilated. 

Eventually he stopped moving and I thought it was dead but his eyes were still open and he was breathing. So then I thought I paralyzed him which was even worse. My dad goes to get my brother and he comes to see it. I couldn't even touch the kitten without panicking again. But he picked it up and it moved it's feet a little. He texted me later to say he checked on him and he got him to walk around some. So hopefully he is okay and I just hurt him and he is sore. 

I'm not really asking for advice but wallowing in self pity and kicking myself for being so careless around the kittens.

wandajune6

Oh honey! I'm so sorry!

I'm sure the kitten will be fine. They're resilient little critters and will be back to normal soon.

As for your car, that sucks. DH keeps a beater around for times like these but they're never dependable either. It's so frustrating when stupid things like cars get in the way!

theartistformerlyknownas

Ohhhh sweetie all the hugs for you! I'm sure he's fine! You were trying to protect them; you can't beat yourself up over that.

We got a kitten in college, as a playmate for our other cat (sister kept the cats after graduation). One night my roommate went to sit in our La-Z-Boy recliner and the most gut-wrenching scream came from inside it. Rocky was playing inside the gears and got squashed. She jumped up, we fished him out, and he was just laying there like a limp noodle. We thought he was paralyzed, or at least had some broken bones. Rushed him to the 24 hour emergency vet. He was still laying there in my arms looking totally pathetic. Vet came in, I set him down on the table... and the little fucker jumped up and started running around, playing with the vet, batting at his stethoscope. He totally just wanted sympathy, and cost us like $200.

Good luck with the car! One of my favorite sayings (sorry for the sexism) is "if it has tires or testicles, it's gonna give you trouble." ;-)

emmaaa

lolo883 said:

Ohhhh sweetie all the hugs for you! I'm sure he's fine! You were trying to protect them; you can't beat yourself up over that.

We got a kitten in college, as a playmate for our other cat (sister kept the cats after graduation). One night my roommate went to sit in our La-Z-Boy recliner and the most gut-wrenching scream came from inside it. Rocky was playing inside the gears and got squashed. She jumped up, we fished him out, and he was just laying there like a limp noodle. We thought he was paralyzed, or at least had some broken bones. Rushed him to the 24 hour emergency vet. He was still laying there in my arms looking totally pathetic. Vet came in, I set him down on the table... and the little fucker jumped up and started running around, playing with the vet, batting at his stethoscope. He totally just wanted sympathy, and cost us like $200.

Good luck with the car! One of my favorite sayings (sorry for the sexism) is "if it has tires or testicles, it's gonna give you trouble." ;-)

Thank you for the bolded. That definitely made me laugh.

I'm just hoping he is okay. Poor FI doesn't even know how to console me right now. 

This was the conversation last night:

Me: *crying uncontrollably*

FI: It's okay, babe. It was an accident. He's going to be fine.

Me: *still sobbing, ugly cry* I'm a cat killer!

FI: No, Emma, you aren't. It was an accident and he's not dead. He's breathing.

Me: So, I paralyzed him? That's worse. 

FI:*rubs my back as snot is coming out of my nose* Shhhh. It's okay.

levioosa

*Hugs*

theartistformerlyknownas

emmaaa said:

FI:*rubs my back as snot is coming out of my nose* Shhhh. It's okay.

Hallmark of a great FI right there.

sarawifenow

Oh honey I am so sorry! I'm sure the kitty will be ok.

 

You are not a cat killer or a bad person! Big hugs coming your way!

novella1186

lolo883 said:

Ohhhh sweetie all the hugs for you! I'm sure he's fine! You were trying to protect them; you can't beat yourself up over that.

We got a kitten in college, as a playmate for our other cat (sister kept the cats after graduation). One night my roommate went to sit in our La-Z-Boy recliner and the most gut-wrenching scream came from inside it. Rocky was playing inside the gears and got squashed. She jumped up, we fished him out, and he was just laying there like a limp noodle. We thought he was paralyzed, or at least had some broken bones. Rushed him to the 24 hour emergency vet. He was still laying there in my arms looking totally pathetic. Vet came in, I set him down on the table... and the little fucker jumped up and started running around, playing with the vet, batting at his stethoscope. He totally just wanted sympathy, and cost us like $200.

Good luck with the car! One of my favorite sayings (sorry for the sexism) is "if it has tires or testicles, it's gonna give you trouble." ;-)

Ah! This same thing happened to me! I adopted a puppy, and he was a tiny little shrimp (now he's HUGE). A friend of mine was holding him and he started squirming, jumped out of her arms before she could set him down, and he slammed down on the top of his head on a hard-wood floor. It made the most horrendous noise, and then he seriously started screaming. Worst sound I've ever heard. I cradled him for a minute to calm him down, and then set him down to see if he was alright. His eyes rolled back in his head and he fell over. I was sure he had cracked his skull, had some serious brain damage, etc. My heart was pounding out of my chest but I tried super hard to stay calm. 

The friend and I rushed him to the 24 hour emergency vet because of course it was 11 at night. He was limp in my arms the entire way there and while we were waiting for the vet to come into the room. The whole time I was trying so hard not to break down and cry. I was sure I was about to lose him. The vet walked in, and he started hopping around, wagging his tail. She examined him and there was NOTHING WRONG WITH HIM. The fall probably just stunned him a bit, and hurt him a bit, and he was being dramatic to get attention. And yep, cost about $200. 

To this day he's totally fine, but he's still such an AW! Big baby. So I'm sure the kitten will be just fine! I bet you're right, he was just sore and maybe shocked so he made a big deal about it. Don't beat yourself up about it, it happens to the best of us! 

Hugs, I'm sorry so much crap went wrong. I wish you all the wine ever!  

pinkcow13

OMG I'm so sorry!!!!! I am sure the kitty is just fine, though. They really are resilient little creatures - and hey they have 9 lives don't they

I'm giving you all the hugs!

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emmaaa

Update!

Good news! The kitten is doing fine and walking around. I think I just disoriented him but he is okay

Bad news: We still don't know what's wrong with FI's truck but we did get my car running.

loro929

Glad to hear that (mostly) everything is ok!

novella1186

Yay kitty! Now you can name him Lazarus or Phoenix or something. Something that died and came back lol. He's new to this world and already has a story! :P 

theartistformerlyknownas

Yay! I would totally name the cat Lil Ass-Kicker.

emmaaa

lolo883 said:

Yay! I would totally name the cat Lil Ass-Kicker.

novella1186 said:

Yay kitty! Now you can name him Lazarus or Phoenix or something. Something that died and came back lol. He's new to this world and already has a story! :P 

He will have to have an epic name. FI and I are weird and all of our pets are named after country singers but we are stuck on a name right now and may have to change it up.

novella1186

emmaaa said:

lolo883 said:

Yay! I would totally name the cat Lil Ass-Kicker.

novella1186 said:

Yay kitty! Now you can name him Lazarus or Phoenix or something. Something that died and came back lol. He's new to this world and already has a story! :P 

He will have to have an epic name. FI and I are weird and all of our pets are named after country singers but we are stuck on a name right now and may have to change it up.

I used to take in stray kittens, pay for their vaccinations and whatnot, socialize them, and then find them homes. One of them was particularly fluffy so I named her Scooty Puff Junior. (Futurama, anyone?) 

amelisha

I'm so glad to hear he seems okay. I came to say that one of my best friends had a cat who got in the dryer without her noticing and, after she heard thumping for several minutes after TURNING IT ON, discovered poor kitty. And the cat wasn't even hurt (and the dumb animal still tried to climb in there every chance she got thereafter.) My friend was obviously hysterical for hours afterward, but I swear she was more shaken up than her cat. That nine lives thing, I swear it's real.

climbingsingle

pinkrevenge said:

When I was in college my roommate and I fostered feral kittens until they were domestic enough to be adopted out. In the afternoons we put them in the tiny apartment kitchen so they could get used to the sounds of people going about their day.

One time we had two kittens in the kitchen, and we went out grocery shopping. When we came back, one kitten was missing. We searched all over and finally found what looked like a limp rag under the fridge, which was the kitten. It was already a hot day and it was boiling under the fridge, plus the kitten wasn't moving. When I poked him with a ruler he didn't move.

So we emptied the fridge as fast as we could, both crying because we were about to extract a kitten corpse from our kitchen. Then my roommate tilted the fridge and I went to scoop up the body.

The little bastard looked up at me, hissed, and tried to scramble deeper under the fridge. I have never simultaneously blubbered in joy while swearing such a blue streak in all my life. I was elated that the little fuckhead was alive and SUCH a dick! My roommate was also crying while telling the kitten all the privileges his butt had just lost.

By the way, I wound up adopting him and he's now six and a half years old curled up against me. He is thankfully too big to crawl under the fridge (but not so small as to not pop the screen off a window and try to crawl out of a third story apartment window - another blue streak I have thrown at this cat).

I had a kitten do this too! She crawled right under the fridge. I was 14 and freaking the fucknuts out. It was scary, but thank god she was OK. 

emmaaa

amelisha said:

I'm so glad to hear he seems okay. I came to say that one of my best friends had a cat who got in the dryer without her noticing and, after she heard thumping for several minutes after TURNING IT ON, discovered poor kitty. And the cat wasn't even hurt (and the dumb animal still tried to climb in there every chance she got thereafter.) My friend was obviously hysterical for hours afterward, but I swear she was more shaken up than her cat. That nine lives thing, I swear it's real.

OMG! That's so funny and scary at the same time.

animals are resilient and seem to bounce right back even though you're sure you killed it.

novella1186

emmaaa said:

amelisha said:

I'm so glad to hear he seems okay. I came to say that one of my best friends had a cat who got in the dryer without her noticing and, after she heard thumping for several minutes after TURNING IT ON, discovered poor kitty. And the cat wasn't even hurt (and the dumb animal still tried to climb in there every chance she got thereafter.) My friend was obviously hysterical for hours afterward, but I swear she was more shaken up than her cat. That nine lives thing, I swear it's real.

OMG! That's so funny and scary at the same time.

animals are resilient and seem to bounce right back even though you're sure you killed it.

This just reminded me of something so funny...

A couple years ago I was sitting in my parents' backyard reading. I suddenly heard the loudest most horrific smacking sound right by me and looked over to see a squirrel flattened out on the pavement. I realized he had just fallen out of a tree, and the lowest branch was higher than the 2 story roof of my parents' house, so this dude had a LONG hard fall. I was about to go get my dad to have him scrape this poor splattered squirrel off the pavement when suddenly the squirrel stood up! He crouched down, looked around in a total daze, and then strolled away. 

emmaaa

novella1186 said:

emmaaa said:

amelisha said:

I'm so glad to hear he seems okay. I came to say that one of my best friends had a cat who got in the dryer without her noticing and, after she heard thumping for several minutes after TURNING IT ON, discovered poor kitty. And the cat wasn't even hurt (and the dumb animal still tried to climb in there every chance she got thereafter.) My friend was obviously hysterical for hours afterward, but I swear she was more shaken up than her cat. That nine lives thing, I swear it's real.

OMG! That's so funny and scary at the same time.

animals are resilient and seem to bounce right back even though you're sure you killed it.

This just reminded me of something so funny...

A couple years ago I was sitting in my parents' backyard reading. I suddenly heard the loudest most horrific smacking sound right by me and looked over to see a squirrel flattened out on the pavement. I realized he had just fallen out of a tree, and the lowest branch was higher than the 2 story roof of my parents' house, so this dude had a LONG hard fall. I was about to go get my dad to have him scrape this poor splattered squirrel off the pavement when suddenly the squirrel stood up! He crouched down, looked around in a total daze, and then strolled away. 

Oh my goodness! That's like when a deer gets hit by a car and shakes it off and runs away.

KatieinBkln

So glad the kitty is okay! I can't imagine how scary that must have been.

arrippa

novella1186 said:

emmaaa said:

lolo883 said:

Yay! I would totally name the cat Lil Ass-Kicker.

novella1186 said:

Yay kitty! Now you can name him Lazarus or Phoenix or something. Something that died and came back lol. He's new to this world and already has a story! :P 

He will have to have an epic name. FI and I are weird and all of our pets are named after country singers but we are stuck on a name right now and may have to change it up.

I used to take in stray kittens, pay for their vaccinations and whatnot, socialize them, and then find them homes. One of them was particularly fluffy so I named her Scooty Puff Junior. (Futurama, anyone?) 

Just remember, Scooty Puff Jr sucks!!!!!

ETA: I got excited about the Futurama quote. I am glad that the kitten is okay. They are very resilient creatures. 

teddygirl9

Oh gosh, how traumatizing for you! The worst animal experience I had was with a mouse. I have 2 dogs, and used to live close to a field, so sometimes during the winter they (mice) would find their way in to stay warm. Anyways, I heard a bunch of weird noises from my dog in the kitchen in the morning, like just alot of nails on the wood. So I went down, and she was playing with the mouse, but like, stomping on it! Poor thing. So I got so mad at the dogs, shooed them away, and went to check on the mouse, but he was still alive but his back legs were not moving, and he wasnt much either but I could tell he was still alive. I started balling my effing eyes out, because I thought I should put him out of his misery, but I couldnt. So he was just laying there dying and I didnt do anything I am tearing up as I write this lol. I called my boyfriend crying in that annoying super high pitched voice that you cant understand anything, and he was like wtf. Anyways, the mouse died a short time later, and I scooped him up with a dust pan and put it outside.

 

I'm glad your kitty is ok

levioosa

So glad your kitty is okay!