For a split second, I was sure I was living a nightmare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Those thin, pale \u201cworms\u201d in my toilet looked like something out of a horror movie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
My heart was racing, my mind was spiraling, and every terrifying scenario the internet could invent started playing in my head. Parasites. Infestations. Invisible diseases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I zoomed in on the photos, searching for movement, for proof I wasn\u2019t losing my mind. Friends told me to run, to call someone, to get out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It took a deep breath and a step back for my brain to finally connect the dots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I suddenly pictured my cat from the day before, proudly trotting in after his outdoor adventure, fur full of dry grass, seeds, and tiny plant fragments clinging to him like decorations. I had brushed some of it off, but clearly not all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That morning, while I was drying my hair, the blast of air from the hairdryer must have sent those brittle pieces flying. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some landed perfectly in the toilet bowl, where the water made them look swollen, pale, and disturbingly alive. The \u201cworms\u201d were nothing more than soaked bits of dry grass. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The terror, the frantic searching, the wild theories from friends\u2014all over a cat, a gust of air, and a very ordinary mess that only looked like something monstrous in the harsh light of morning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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