Yesterday/today we had a very busy and eventful day. Around 9pm my wife and I to watch tv and an old Elvis movie. While watching we were eating fresh grapes. Robin came over and sniffed around the grapes. My wife felt sorry for him and gave him two small grapes which Robin gratefully ate. Little later Abigail came out of her room and went ballistic when she found out Robin ate the grapes.
According to her, grapes are poisonous for dogs. They are toxic and can cause all kinds of kidney problems. Well, you can imagine how nervous we all got. I called our vet's office who were already closed but somebody on their emergency line told me to call ASPCA Poison Hotline. Easier said than done. We did but we had to wait almost 45 minutes until a human got connected. 45 minutes when every second counts? Unheard of! Anyway, they told us to try to induce vomit because that would help to get rid if the undigested food. We tried, the poor thing did throw up, but no foods were found.
We decided to go to a 24-hour vet place. The one nearby us, around midnight was open but they told us they had a major emergency, and everybody was involved in an operation. So, we drove out to Long Island where they were open, and he was looked at. Very nice place, only dealing with pet emergencies. One would think that at 1am such a place would be empty. No, almost full house. Cats and dogs and all emergencies.
We were there for about an hour while they worked on Robin. Vomiting was induced and he did eventually throw up the grapes and everything else. We got home by 2:30am. Now, we have to go back 24 hours after and 48 hours after because they want to monitor his blood and kidney functions to be sure he is ok. It wasn't cheap but who cares as long as the little guy is ok.
At this vet we all sat in one large room where we could see all the other patients and the ones they were working on. It is quite interesting and heartbreaking at the same time. These cats and dogs are brought in by their owners because of some kind of emergency. They are brought in to help them, to cure them, to make them better. The sad thing is that they don't understand what is happening. All they know is that their masters, owners brought them and whatever will happen will not be very comfortable. But they endure, mostly silently because they all trust their masters. Sad to see how they don't take their eyes off their owners, and they all have those questioning looks.
I felt sorry for all of them.
Never a dull moment!
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