VALERIE MURPHY wrote in a message to KIM WARDER:
 VM> Hi Kim,
 VM> After reading your post I just had to tell you my animal related
 VM> story. 
 VM> I had to take my cat to the vet.  He weighs in at 20 lbs.  He hates
 VM> to go to the vet.  I chased him all over the house and then my son
 VM> came in the front door and scoot out the door my cat went.
True confession time!!  Thursday I found our elusive cat, Willie, under
a chair in the foyer.  He is new to us and very scared so I slowly sat down
on the floor.  He stayed still.  He even let me start petting him.  Not
too long after that he started purring and even closed his eyes a little.
I guess that he was getting too comfortable because he reached out and
bit he on the hand (right in between the thumb and the first finger).  I
had to drive to Columbia, South Carolina that night (left about a half
hour after he bit me).  Well the hand was sore the entire time, swelled
up for two days and bled for hours!  It still hurts!
Later!,
           Pat 
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