Wednesday, December 12, 2007

She Lost Her Arm!

Last night when I told Marissa (my pretty sweet niece) this story, she told me that this was a blog must. I'm taking her advice and sharing it with ya'll:

Two nights ago, I was a hot mess. Really, saying I was a hot mess is putting it lightly. I was a hormonal, chemically-imbalanced, batshit insane, premenstrual basket case.
And still.
That's putting it lightly.

Some lunatic thought it would be great fun to steal my prescription medication out of my car, (I had just picked it up from Costco) and he/she was undoubtedly hoping for goodies like painkillers or uppers. Sadly, as I only suffer from depression, they didn't get much more than Neurontin, Celexa, and Cymbalta. Hmmm. I wonder what the street value for those are?
But I digress.

So, because I have no pills, and because my psychiatrist, Dr Ferre, is out of town, (who I affectionately refer to as The Ferr Bear, but that's a whole other story for another day) and because I am too lazy to drag my ass forty minutes away to Provo to see my PCP to see if she would write a prescription, I decided that suffering was my best option.
And suffer I did.
After about two days, the withdrawals started to hit me hard-core: I had a horrible migraine, I couldn't handle any noise, I could barely form coherent sentences. And I was so depressed. Horribly. And my moods were all over the place. One minute I'm doing fine, and the next, I'm screaming at Brandon for looking at me wrong (Are you looking at me because I'm fat? You think I'm fat, don't you?!).

But well, friends, I think my low point came on Monday night. I was sitting (well slumping is more like it) in a chair, staring dully at the floor, unable to think clearly or speak or do anything productive. My Amazing Fur-Ball of Joy, Hairy, wandered into my line of sight and laid down on the floor. I thought about going over to her to pet her, but that seemed like too much effort, so I continued to stare. Then suddenly - suddenly...

ONE OF HER ARMS WAS MISSING!!!

So. I can look back now, and realize that I was wearing neither my glasses or contacts, and that things were rather blurry. She's also really fat and fluffy, so maybe her arm got lost in all that mess. But all I knew that evening, looking at my cat, was that she didn't have an arm. And I was horrified. My compromised mental state could not process what was obvious: that her arm was at an angle that kept me from seeing it, and coupled with the fact my vision was blurry, I should have been able to laugh and shake it off. But I couldn't. I could only freak out that my cat had somehow lost her arm. So naturally, I start sobbing.
Not crying.
Not sniffling.
SOBBING. Sobbing like I just lost a family member or something. I mean, crap, I'm thinking, I've got to look for the damn arm now, where do I start? Where would it be? What do I do with the arm once I find it? My poor kitty, without an arm! Brandon notices me sobbing then, (I was kinda hard to miss) and gets very concerned - what on earth could be wrong? After I explain to him that my cat was missing an arm - it took awhile, due to the sobbing and tears and snot, he (so kindly) tried to explain that she did in fact did have an arm, I just couldn't see it. And I didn't believe him. So I'm muttering to myself, "The world is a horrible, terrible place. It takes all the things you need like your arms and your joy. What's the point of even living?!"

And then, just like that, she jumped into my lap, all four limbs intact!! This started my sobbing up again full-force, and I couldn't stop hugging her, telling her she was so beautiful and pretty with all her arms, but that I would love her anyway, even if she were missing one. And I was happy again.

This is a pretty funny story now, folks, but wow. It sure wasn't then. I mean, what if I had a three-legged cat right now? That wouldn't be so funny now, would it?

This cat is actually missing an arm, (actually a leg, but let's not get technical here, people) like, for real.

This is Hairy, all limbs intact.
She just has a crazy mama (see picture).

11 comments:

Tanya said...

Oh Brie, that just sounds so sad. I could not imagine feeling like my Shadow had three arms. I understand how that would have been hard. I hope that everything sorts itself out soon. Hugs.

KC said...

oh, Brie, your story made me laugh, even though I know it was a sad one. I hope you get your meds again soon.

Anonymous said...

i love you brie!!! i too can understand how horrifying it would be to think your kitty was missing an arm! i love that you can look back and laugh though! thanks for making me smile!

love,
allie

ps it must be said once again... YOU are an extremely gifted writer!!! Remember all of us little people when you are rich and famous!!

Anonymous said...

Brie, thanks for making me laugh at your horrible expense. You do realize that if Ferr berr is gone, you just call Hailey and ask for the guy who covers for ferr berr while he's gone. I just talked to him the other day. Sorry, I wish you would have called and I could have saved you much pain and misery. Oh, the horror, oh the horror, that your precious baby would lose a limb! Love you.

Anonymous said...

sorry I am late in posting but I love your stories. A few I should send to your grandpa who was the king in our family of grand stories but you are soon going to be the new princess. You have a gift!

Devon said...

Ahem...I'll admit - this had me a' chuckling just a bit.

Ooooh Brie - I hope you've gotten your prescription by now - it might just do you more good than it did the ass who took it.

Loves you - even if you were missing an arm. I don't discriminate like that after all and it's good to know that you don't either. ;D

Marissa said...

Brie, that's hilarious! I'm so glad that you put it in written form, where I can go back again and again and read it. I'm sorry that you were so worried about Hairy (did you get some new meds?), but yeah, great story!

alana.rachelle said...

oh my hell brie,
i heard this story from you right after it happened, but am STILL in fits of laughter and tears as i read it again- correction, i did in fact read it a total of 5 consecutive times! i just love you! you make me laugh and for that i am ETERNALLY grateful! last night was a blast! peace out homie!

Anonymous said...

Oh my gosh! I'm so sorry, but when I read this...I f'in died laughing...my husband came out to the living room and thought that something was seriously wrong with me. Haha! I really hope that you get some meds in you and that things get a little more normal or at least as normal as they can. I love you tons and thank you for sharing this story with us.

Anonymous said...

Crap...I'm NOT anonymous...eek..my name is sav hear me roar! sorry that I clicked prematurely. Love you dear!

Shannon said...

Brie, that is so funny, but crappy at the same time. I cant believe someone stole your meds! Weird how big an effect our hormones and meds/lack of make us nuts. :) Feel free to link my blog. take care!