Interesting Kitty Adventure

I give you warning. This post is not for those who have a weak constitution for gross things...

This morning, the man that rents the haymow in our barn, stopped by to say he would be putting more hay up this evening. And because one of our cats had her kittens there, Jenna and I decided to move them. Out to the barn we went, through the dew laden grass and up to the barn. In the hay, Jenna reached into a small tunnel and began to pull kittens out one by one as I patiently held the growing amount of squirming fur in my lap...Five kittens and cute ones too. Jenna immediately picked out her favorite and set about determining the gender. The early morning air and stillness was suddenly shattered as a blood-curdling scream split the air and reverberated throughout the upstairs of the barn. Jenna turned the cute calico kitten she was holding and practically dropped it on my lap screaming the whole time. I hurriedly picked up the bundle only to discover a swollen, gaping hole in its neck about the width of a pea. Trying now to collect myself after being frightened by the screams, I began handing Jenna the other kittens and started to climb out of the hay. As I made my way to the house, I began to think of what I should do for the kitten and what I should say to mom. All to soon I was standing on the porch calling mom to the door, and as I stood there I applied some pressure to the side of the huge wound, and "something" appeared from the depths of the hole. It suddenly disappeared, and it dawned upon me that the "thing" was ALIVE! Mom said: "Get the peroxide!", Abigail said: "Oh! It's suffering, just kill it!!!", and of course Jenna stood there...screaming. Order was drawn as I began issuing commands: "Caleb get tweezers, Abigail, a towel and cotton swabs".

Once my supplies were gathered, I sat down on the deck to do surgery. The wound area was immediately drenched in peroxide and then I applied gentle pressure to the wound and arming myself with a pair of tweezers, entered the gaping hole and pulled on the living creature inside. To my audience's horror, out came a enormous, flesh eating, blood sucking, parasitic, grub-like creature!!! Now I had three people screaming instead of just one!

Okay, the kitten is fine, being bandaged up, much relieved and happily nursing on her mom!

Well, on to my next adventure,
Josh

P.s. I warned you didn't I? And Abigail more than redeemed herself by sitting calmly by my side and assisting me with the extraction.