A very good friend is over for a vacation with us right now. Last year, he took pity on an old stray cat which was hanging round his house, feeding it etc.. The cat was obviously ill, so he decided to catch it for a trip to the vet, whereapon it bit his hand. The hand got infected, antibiotics failed to work, so he went to hospital for an operation to clean the wound out. A routine blood test revealed he had unknowingly had a heart attack sometime in his sleep, and further tests revealed very serious problems. After a quadruple bypass earlier this summer, he is now making a full recovery. So that cat bite probably saved his life. Sadly the old cat died of the same infection, as it was uncatchable.
Alan
