Blast, if it makes you feel less lonely, I too have had scratches bad enough to require extended bandaging, down both my arms to be exact. As someone who has suffered the bad end of a very angry cat, or cats as it were, numerous times, looking back on it it is kinda funny. Tragedies very often become comedies, and the quicker the better. Hence the good spirited ribbing. And I know you accept it as such.....because we care.