I finally sent in my application for US citizenship.
YIKES!
Thursday, June 28, 2007
Sunday, June 24, 2007
Saturday, June 09, 2007
nine lives
Loki found some of the thin fabric ribbon from our wedding two years ago and chowed down on it. We made this discovery on Wednesday morning right as I was about to leave for work - he'd left a lovely little pile of cat-vomit in the hallway... I couldn't figure out what was wrong with him until Mike pointed to Loki - to a slender ribbon hanging out of his butt.
We took him to the vet immediately and they xrayed him (not much in him, they said) and gave us the option of waiting and watching him or exploratory surgery. They also cut off the ribbon and in the process removed another inch or so when they did this. Honestly, other than the vomiting once and the ribbon out of his butt, he was acting perfectly normal - even cuddling with me that morning per normal. We chose to take him home because he had been normal so far and not apparently in any distress. I simply didn't want to subject him to surgery unless absolutely necessary.
The reason I freaked out is that the length of this particular ribbon was a meter or more. And I couldn't find it ANYWHERE. Mike told me that he'd taken some away from Loki and thrown it away that but I thought it was another ribbon. So I spent the whole day thinking that my cat has eaten over a meter of ribbon ALL AT ONCE. Couldn't really understand how he could eat this and not leave any other traces of the ribbon.
Well, he puked again later that night so I called the emergency vet who said that I could bring him in if I was concerned, she couldn't really help me without looking at him ($86) and then told me emergency surgery is going to cost $2,500. Or to keep him close to me all night and bring him in if he appears more in distress or his breathing gets laboured etc.
I was a mess. Even though he had been acting more or less as normal, the fact that he possibly had a meter of ribbon within him had been plaguing me all day. So I went to the trash bin, and go through half of it before I found the rest of the ribbon that Mike had found him with a few days ago. It was the same color that was hanging out of his butt... So after all that, perhaps he has not got all that ribbon inside him, and maybe he'll pass it ok.
Thank GOD Mike had the day off on Thursday so he could watch Loki. He seemed to ok, a little lethargic but nothing too unusual, really.
So on Thursday night I wanted to cuddle with Loki who was laying all out on the floor as relaxed as can be, also to see if he was purring, as Mike had said he thought he wasn't purring as much today. He was. Purring loudly and happily. I also smelled the fresh smell of the litter we use!!
I dashed to the bathroom, though Mike thought he hadn't been, and sure enough there was a little heap in the box. I have never seen a more beautiful sight. Especially the rather large little bundle of pink ribbon all bunched up at the end. I really, really, really, hope that that was it all...
MORAL of this VERY long story: Please, please, please, put all ribbon and elastic bands etc away securely. It's so not worth the heartache.
We took him to the vet immediately and they xrayed him (not much in him, they said) and gave us the option of waiting and watching him or exploratory surgery. They also cut off the ribbon and in the process removed another inch or so when they did this. Honestly, other than the vomiting once and the ribbon out of his butt, he was acting perfectly normal - even cuddling with me that morning per normal. We chose to take him home because he had been normal so far and not apparently in any distress. I simply didn't want to subject him to surgery unless absolutely necessary.
The reason I freaked out is that the length of this particular ribbon was a meter or more. And I couldn't find it ANYWHERE. Mike told me that he'd taken some away from Loki and thrown it away that but I thought it was another ribbon. So I spent the whole day thinking that my cat has eaten over a meter of ribbon ALL AT ONCE. Couldn't really understand how he could eat this and not leave any other traces of the ribbon.
Well, he puked again later that night so I called the emergency vet who said that I could bring him in if I was concerned, she couldn't really help me without looking at him ($86) and then told me emergency surgery is going to cost $2,500. Or to keep him close to me all night and bring him in if he appears more in distress or his breathing gets laboured etc.
I was a mess. Even though he had been acting more or less as normal, the fact that he possibly had a meter of ribbon within him had been plaguing me all day. So I went to the trash bin, and go through half of it before I found the rest of the ribbon that Mike had found him with a few days ago. It was the same color that was hanging out of his butt... So after all that, perhaps he has not got all that ribbon inside him, and maybe he'll pass it ok.
Thank GOD Mike had the day off on Thursday so he could watch Loki. He seemed to ok, a little lethargic but nothing too unusual, really.
So on Thursday night I wanted to cuddle with Loki who was laying all out on the floor as relaxed as can be, also to see if he was purring, as Mike had said he thought he wasn't purring as much today. He was. Purring loudly and happily. I also smelled the fresh smell of the litter we use!!
I dashed to the bathroom, though Mike thought he hadn't been, and sure enough there was a little heap in the box. I have never seen a more beautiful sight. Especially the rather large little bundle of pink ribbon all bunched up at the end. I really, really, really, hope that that was it all...
MORAL of this VERY long story: Please, please, please, put all ribbon and elastic bands etc away securely. It's so not worth the heartache.
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