Officially it is exfoliative cellulitis, but this is rather generic. The blood cultures were negative, and the attending physician admitted that toxoplasmosis could be the possible culprit since this parasite does not culture. But the mondo-antibiotics are supposed to deal with TP.
In any case, it was rather horrifying. The Incredible Hulk only changed to green, but I changed to orange, red, purple, and black, in variations of solids and patterns. Mostly at night, and depending on the room temps and air flow, I felt like I was either freezing or burning, nothing in between.
It appears that the county health department has punted the issue to Animal Control, whom I had already contacted. Despite that AC isn't sending out field officers due to the pandemic, last week the regional head said he would try to send someone out last Monday or yesterday, but when I called him when I got home today he had forgotten who I was. I had to give him all my contact info again, so this means he was jacking me off to begin with.
I found out from a neighbor that when they (AC and the local ASPCA) had visited the 'cat factory' last year they only took a dozen cats, and were afraid (of the family) to take more (which they are required to only leave no more than 5 cats at one house). So - they reduced the number of cats from ~50 to ~38, and the cats have already done the multiplications.
The 'family' is a mother and two sons, Odinist white supremacists, who moved here from Vermont or New Hampshire when California was begging for school teachers. Instead of moving into a desert house in the countryside they got a state subsidized house in the city and turned it into an enchanted forest, with a chicken coop, koi in the swimming pool, 3 aggressive dogs, and 50 cats. A dozen or so condemned to fending for themselves year round in the freezing cold and sweltering heat, and sometimes necessitating cat cannibalism - because "that's Nature".
The older son is a former Army Ranger, 6 tours in Afghanistan and now a mercenary. Fortunately he moved 30 miles away with his new wife, moving in with 3 other white supremacist males. He once told me how pissed off he was that his prior fiance had taken off with someone else while he had been off mercing in the Middle East. Now the happy couple have moved in with 3 other single males.
The younger brother is the hot head, now out of prison on parole. The mother is an admitted witch.
Before my stay in 'the' hospital I had called the LA County Sheriff Department to see what they knew about the situation (such as why Animal Control was so scared of this family). When I told the officer the background details, he put me on permanent hold. I guess they're too busy beating and murdering certain people these days.
WTF?? And that's only the half of it.
