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Tigger and Roo self medicate
Okay - I am finally calm enough that I can write about it. Last week I had my mentally handicapped nephew for a week while his parents were on vacation. He (nephew M) is on a lot of medication, including heavy duty seizure meds. He and his mom had it all sorted out in one of those multi compartment pill keepers.
All was going well from Monday until Thursday, Tigger and Roo were doing very well around M and M was doing well with them. No freak outs, melt downs, forgotten pills, etc. I was quietly patting myself on the back, when everything went south. M took his morning meds and set the pill box, the whole week's worth, on the counter instead of in the garden window at the back of the sink. I did not notice ( think overconfidence).
In the time it takes to tell this, Tigger and Roo swooped in and stole the pill box. We found it being investigated and chewed on with pills all over the place. Michael lost it and shouted and kicked out at Tigger, who peed on the floor and scooted outside through the dog door. I was pretending to be as calm as a day spa to get M back under wraps before a full out temper tantrum and simultaneously remove the pillbox from Roo.
Long story short, as I helped M reconstruct his pill box from the remains on the floor and his bottle of extras, it was pretty clear that at least a half a dozen pills had found their way down a dog throat. By now Michael was calming and I called the vet to alert them I was on my way.
Put Roo is car. Capture Tigger who is having no part of being near my nephew. Call daughter to talk to M on phone while I am at vet. M is having no part of going to vet. Go to vet. Wait 30 minutes for both dogs to vomit. Did you know that a vet can induce vomiting in a dog by putting a drop of morphine in their eye? Be even more embarassed than I already am as I explain the black rubber shreds, strings, and miscellaneous other things in the vomit that are neither food nor pillbox or its contents.
Take two dogs home to a calm nephew, thank my darling daughter, and help M win Tigger back. All is well that ends well. But it sure was a mess there for awhile.
All was going well from Monday until Thursday, Tigger and Roo were doing very well around M and M was doing well with them. No freak outs, melt downs, forgotten pills, etc. I was quietly patting myself on the back, when everything went south. M took his morning meds and set the pill box, the whole week's worth, on the counter instead of in the garden window at the back of the sink. I did not notice ( think overconfidence).
In the time it takes to tell this, Tigger and Roo swooped in and stole the pill box. We found it being investigated and chewed on with pills all over the place. Michael lost it and shouted and kicked out at Tigger, who peed on the floor and scooted outside through the dog door. I was pretending to be as calm as a day spa to get M back under wraps before a full out temper tantrum and simultaneously remove the pillbox from Roo.
Long story short, as I helped M reconstruct his pill box from the remains on the floor and his bottle of extras, it was pretty clear that at least a half a dozen pills had found their way down a dog throat. By now Michael was calming and I called the vet to alert them I was on my way.
Put Roo is car. Capture Tigger who is having no part of being near my nephew. Call daughter to talk to M on phone while I am at vet. M is having no part of going to vet. Go to vet. Wait 30 minutes for both dogs to vomit. Did you know that a vet can induce vomiting in a dog by putting a drop of morphine in their eye? Be even more embarassed than I already am as I explain the black rubber shreds, strings, and miscellaneous other things in the vomit that are neither food nor pillbox or its contents.
Take two dogs home to a calm nephew, thank my darling daughter, and help M win Tigger back. All is well that ends well. But it sure was a mess there for awhile.
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Comment by Leslie and Halas on October 18, 2009 at 8:12am
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Wow! I'm glad it all ended well, and that you were able to stay calm during all of that.
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Comment by Tammy & Gracie on October 18, 2009 at 7:19am
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Wow, your calmness amazes me!
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Comment by Jane, Guinness and Murphy on October 18, 2009 at 5:21am
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Don't know how you kept your cool in the midst of all this! Glad everything turned out okay.
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Comment by Missi on October 18, 2009 at 1:26am
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Morphine in the eye?!?! That's interesting. Glad that everyone's okay though! Those anti-seizure meds could do a serious number on the pups. How old is your nephew?
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Comment by F, Calla & Luca on October 17, 2009 at 9:30pm
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Sounds like you handled it all remarkably well. I'm glad it ended well, too.
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