Lucky for this guy he didn't even get a scratch during that struggle! Poor Nugget was rabbit kicking like crazy in her panic trying to kick off the snake, I guess our hands made great shields. Lol
I can now confirm 100% that Nugget is perfectly fine after the ordeal, as I expected. I had immediately taken her into the bathroom to wipe her off, I didn't even look to see what kind of damage there was, I think I was a little afraid to? I was worried about her eyes. Thankfully it was clear that only her chin was grabbed, so I inspected the damage, gently lifting her lips to make sure her bottom jaw was positioned properly. She was good! But my God, we went to get her some Aspirin and when we got back the swelling was so bad! She looked like she had an incredibly long chin, and it was clear she was in pain/slight shock. Understandably. My frickin mother who only yelled and screamed at us in my doorway during the whole ordeal wouldn't even let me give it to her, because according to her the short struggle to get the pill down would only put her in more pain and would be pointless. So we didn't end up giving it to her until late that night, but it obviously helped contrary to what my mother thought. I kept her in my room for the night and she ate a whole can of wet food and actually cuddled and purred, which she certainly wouldn't have done earlier in the day. She didn't want to be touched at all.
Now she is back to her usual self, happily going about her days, actually coming to me when I call her. Lol
I can now actually see the outline of my last two knuckles when my hand is relaxed, and I can straighten the finger for the most part, bending it still causes discomfort but that's just because closing my fist compressed the swollen bottom part of my finger. So, as you can see, the joint is still decently swollen, but it appears to be improving!
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