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I will try to make this long story short...
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(Scene 1: bath/clip time)
Friday night, I needed to clip/bathe Brink. Hubby was working, so I got the kids to come in the bathroom with me and feed him tiny bites of bologna (no lectures please) while I was doing his feet (because I have said how much trouble I have with his feet). Anyway, when we were completely finished (the kids had been long gone back to the living room)-I put Brink over the hallway gate to go back in there with them, and I cleaned up the bathroom (hair, shampoo, dryer etc.).
All of the sudden my son starts SCREAMING for me to come in there
! So I ran in there and he said Brinkley had stolen a piece of bologna from Emily (who was eating it on the couch-and was not supposed to be
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) and that he had swallowed the red string that goes around it. Mitchell was FREAKING out. When I got to Brinkley, he still had almost 1/2 the piece of meat, but I did not see any string. I asked my son 100 times if he was sure that he swallowed it, and he said he was positive.
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So, after much scolding of my daughter...I told hubby when he got home, and he said he would probably poop it out.
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So, I settled down.
(Cut to Scene 2: Saturday Morning)
I get up and shampoo all the carpets. They smell so good and look so nice.
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I also mopped the kitchen floor. When I do that, I have to lock Brink out of the kitchen until it dries, of course, so he doesn't get it on his feet. Well, he decided he had to potty. He has one wee box in the computer room...but it had one small pee spot on it. So, he started pooing in that box and decided (I'm guessing) that there was not enough clean space, and went and poo'd on several spots of my CLEAN carpet. Now, if it had been normal poops, this would not have caused such a "moment"...but....I am guessing the combination of two pieces of raunchy bologna and the string being caught inside of him....cause runny poos!
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Again, remember...on my CLEAN carpets! :new_Eyecrazy: Little tiny drops of loose poo everywhere! When I came around the corner and found it...he immediately rolled over on his back!
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Why do they have to be so darn cute?!?!
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So, I got out the pet stain cleaner and the Nature's Miracle and went to work. I got it out, and nobody was the wiser.
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(Scene 3: Chatting with LadyM)
While chatting with LadyM....I asked her about it...(swallowing the bologna string)...and she told me that it COULD be very serious/dangerous if it got caught in his intestine and he could not pass it.
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She told me the signs to look for (like runny stools
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, vomiting, heavy breathing)! I was getting really sick at my stomach with worry. She was concerned that it had been 24 hours and I had not noticed him passing it. She advised me to call the vet, which I did, at home...and he said to watch for the same signs she did...and to give it another 24 hours to see if he passed it. He was not immediately concerned, because Brink was not acting different. So, I was very worried...but kept hoping that since he wasn't acting like he was in pain or anything...that he was gonna be ok.
(Scene 4: Morning Poop Inspection)
HE PASSED IT!
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I was SO relieved. I even "closely" (blech!) inspected it to make sure the entire circle of string was there...and it was!
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So a nice ending...but a few moments of stress there!
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Lessons to be learned from this story...
1) Don't let your fluff-butts eat bologna strings!
2) A clean carpet or mopped floor will always bring about an accident of some kind when you have pets and kids! :new_Eyecrazy:
3) LadyM rules!
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(Scene 1: bath/clip time)
Friday night, I needed to clip/bathe Brink. Hubby was working, so I got the kids to come in the bathroom with me and feed him tiny bites of bologna (no lectures please) while I was doing his feet (because I have said how much trouble I have with his feet). Anyway, when we were completely finished (the kids had been long gone back to the living room)-I put Brink over the hallway gate to go back in there with them, and I cleaned up the bathroom (hair, shampoo, dryer etc.).
All of the sudden my son starts SCREAMING for me to come in there
! So I ran in there and he said Brinkley had stolen a piece of bologna from Emily (who was eating it on the couch-and was not supposed to be
So, after much scolding of my daughter...I told hubby when he got home, and he said he would probably poop it out.
(Cut to Scene 2: Saturday Morning)
I get up and shampoo all the carpets. They smell so good and look so nice.
(Scene 3: Chatting with LadyM)
While chatting with LadyM....I asked her about it...(swallowing the bologna string)...and she told me that it COULD be very serious/dangerous if it got caught in his intestine and he could not pass it.
(Scene 4: Morning Poop Inspection)
HE PASSED IT!
Lessons to be learned from this story...
1) Don't let your fluff-butts eat bologna strings!
2) A clean carpet or mopped floor will always bring about an accident of some kind when you have pets and kids! :new_Eyecrazy:
3) LadyM rules!
