{"id":5849,"date":"2025-09-01T12:43:58","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T12:43:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=5849"},"modified":"2025-09-01T12:45:35","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T12:45:35","slug":"my-son-got-sick-after-playing-with-a-stray-cat-and-we-ended-up-in-the-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=5849","title":{"rendered":"MY SON GOT SICK AFTER PLAYING WITH A STRAY CAT\u2014AND WE ENDED UP IN THE HOSPITAL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"122\" data-end=\"496\">My son has always loved animals, so when he spotted a scruffy gray-and-white cat near the park, I knew we\u2019d be there awhile. He fed her his sandwich crusts, giggled when she licked his hand, and begged to take her home. I said no\u2014but two days later, he spiked a fever, his arm swelling where she\u2019d scratched him. At the hospital, the tests confirmed it: cat scratch fever.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1700470\" data-uid=\"1326d\">\n<div id=\"mgw1700470_1326d\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-start=\"498\" data-end=\"868\">He recovered with antibiotics, but I was eaten up with guilt\u2014until a nurse told me about a local rescue group working to help strays. Instead of blaming myself, I got involved. Soon I was volunteering, spreading awareness, and helping the community care for abandoned animals. Months later, things were better\u2014fewer strays, healthier pets, and a stronger neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"870\" data-end=\"1079\">My son healed completely, but he carried the lesson with him: animals deserve love, but also caution. And I carried mine\u2014that even painful experiences can be turned into something good, if you choose to act.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>My son has always loved animals, so when he spotted a scruffy gray-and-white cat near the park, I knew we\u2019d be there awhile. He fed <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=5849\" title=\"MY SON GOT SICK AFTER PLAYING WITH A STRAY CAT\u2014AND WE ENDED UP IN THE HOSPITAL\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5849"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5849\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5851,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5849\/revisions\/5851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}