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Kara Marie was getting off the couch when her cat jumped up and scratched her finger

The scratch became infected, and she later went to the emergency room

She created a TikTok video about it, which amassed 5.5 million views

Kara Marie was having trouble falling asleep, so she moved to the living room couch to see if a change of scenery might help.

After dozing off, she woke up Friday morning to the sound of her cat scratching the litter box at 5 a.m., a sign that it was time to start her day. However, as she moved to get off the couch, her cat, Sponge, decided to jump on the sofa at the same time.

"As I put my hand on the couch to roll over, he jumped up, and his claw went directly in between, like my nail and like the fold of my skin," Marie, 35, tells PEOPLE exclusivel

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