 Tucker's Tough Night - Kinda Gross!
Tucker was not his usual energetic self after greeting me when I came home from work yesterday - just wanted to sleep on my lap rather than racing through the house and attacking his kitty Nicky like he usually does.
I checked to see if he was feverish, checked the capillary refill thingy, asked him if he was ok, etc. Nothing obviously wrong.
Later, when I was in bed reading, Tuck got into his box to poop but when he got out, I noticed he was still squatting and a bit of poo was poking out. This apparently terrified him because he went crazy! Started running through the house, up onto my lap EEEEWWWW! in my BED! then back out again to the living room where he was rubbing up against everything he could see. Finally he squatted again and out it came - One of my long hairs stretched between two little pieces of poop!
So, crisis resolved, I resume reading when Tuck starts making this choking sound and pawing at his face! I frantically grab him up and stick my finger practically halfway down his throat to remove the offending object, but... nothing. He continues, so I hold him to look in his mouth and spot a loose back tooth - AAWWW... I wiggled it (Tucker did not enjoy this) to see if it would come on out...not a chance. So I sat and tried to get him to chew on a his chewy but no, he sat for about 20 minutes crunching the loose tooth between his other teeth Crunk!, Crunk!, Clunk! AAAARGGGHH! A terrible sound...
But, finally, there it was, luckily I grabbed it before he could and was able to save it for all time. My poor baby - what a night!
Sorry this is so very, very long but I had to share - thanks for being here!
Dana |