Saturday, July 2, 2011

Friday night trip to the emergency room

Pierro and Miles are in the LifeCentre emergency hospital in Leesburg.
Last night as we were preparing for bed after a long busy day, Miles and Pierro were racing around the house. There in the upstairs hall, Miles paused and then barfed up ---- lily flower parts. Yes, how stupid we were, Blizzie received some lovely flowers from her sweet boy. We put the flowers up high on a cabinet in Blizzie's room. She kept her door closed so the boys were never in there besides they never could have gotten up on that cabinet.

well, last night a few of those lily pedals fell off onto the books and college clutter below and Miles got into them... I do not think that Pierro ate any because he does not normally eat plants. (Miles eats everything, because he is orange)

So, as soon as I saw that barfing incident - and identified the contents, hubby and I packed them up in to their respective carriers and whisked them off without delay to the LifeCentre.

They are being treated for poisoning, Pierro might come home today if his bloodwork comes back good. Miles will probably stay until Monday at least since it is certain that he ingested the flower pedals.

Both boys looked okay last night.
Right now we are just being hopeful.
I called CurlieSwirlie Teri at 11:30 pm last night and it is a comfort to have such a brilliant friend. We went to bed at 1:15 to a very quiet empty house.

This morning, hubby called the hospital early, both boys are doing well.
Lilies are highly toxic - there are a lot of other very poisonous things out there, so try to learn what they are via google, there are so many informative sites which I have no brainpower to find right now.

I am not going to think about the worst outcome from this. I can't. I love my boys so much. I could babble on for hours and pages about this pair of polar opposite tiny tigers.

I will keep you updated - sorry this message is so disjointed. I have had very little sleep. Have a very lovely day every one and kitty

Faith is putting all your eggs
in God's basket,

then counting your blessings
before they hatch.

~Ramona C. Carroll

27 comments:

SparkleFarkel said...

Dearest Miles and Pierro,

Please be better soonly! Best wishes for you both: cLiCkY-cLicKy HERE.

Mickey's Musings said...

OH NOES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We are purring as hard as we can that Pierro and Miles will be OK!!!!!
We do not want to think about any other option either!!
We will keep purring until they come home and are healthy!!!!!!!
Special hugs to Mom & Dad from our Mom and us!!
Purrs Tillie & Georgia & mom Nancy

The Florida Furkids said...

We're purring for Miles and Pierro. We're glad you caught it right away and we hope they are both home soon.

The Florida Furkids and Angel Sniffie

Jacqueline said...

We will purr loudly for both precious boys and hope they will feel better soon and be able to come home asap...Best of luck and hang in there=we're so glad you guys got them to the emergency vet as quickly as possible...xoxo...J, Calle, Halle, Sukki

Hannah and Lucy said...

We just switched on and this was the first thing mom spotted and we came flying over. Thank goodness you realised what was in the sick and knew about the lilies being toxic. We are purring and purraying for them both cos we love them so much - they are one of our furry favourites on the CB.
Please give Pierro and Miles our purrs and gentle headbutts.
Luv Hannah and Lucy & mum Sue xxxx

dellartist said...

We are all praying for your kitties. Hope they are all better soon!

Sabrina, Sam and Simon said...

We are sending our strongest purrs and purrayers that Miles and Pierro will be okay ...
Hugs,
Sabrina, Sam and Simon

Jans Funny Farm said...

Oh dear, what a frightening experience. We are glad you caught Miles vomiting up the evidence so you knew which one positively ingested it. We send a hug for you and lots of purrs and wags for Miles and Pierro.

Katnip Lounge said...

You have our loudest purrs! Paws crossed that they will both be OK, and home soon. We love you guys, and we firmly deny anything bad can happen.

Brian's Home Blog said...

Oh no boys, my sisters and I are all sending tons and tons of purrs to you both. We'll be looking for a good news update and we've got our paws crossed too!

Barb said...

Thank goodness you caught it quickly. I'll be praying and GGWandG are adding they're healing purrs to the chorus of the cat blogosphere as they sing Miles and Pierro back to their home and you!.

Catsparella said...

We are sending lots of healing purrs and love to Pierro and Miles!!

Fr. Tom Fish said...

Love your saying. Your kitties are truly your blessings and we wish the best for them. I'm so sorry this happened, what a shock!

We'll keep the purrs and prayers going. Hugs to you all. You've been through a lot.

Tom & Julie
xoxox

Mark's Mews (Marley, Lori, Loki, and Binq) said...

We are purrin for both them boys. Glad the problem was found, but still purring.

SASS....Sammy Andy Shelly Sierra said...

Oh, NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We are happy to hear that the boys are both doing well.....we will continue to pray for them.

xxxxxxxxxx

Gemini and Ichiro said...

Well that's not good but I am glad that it sounds like the boys will be fine. Purrs to you all.

3 kats and a kwiltr said...

We are so very happy that you were there when Miles threw up the lily parts. At least, it was that much less time that he had them in his system and you didn't know it.

We are crossing our paws and purring that everything turns out all right for both Miles and Pierro.
Snuggles,
Taz, Runt, Charles and mommy, Anna, in Illinois

The Island Cats said...

We are purring for Pierro and Miles and hope they will be okay and can come home soon!!

ibcmeir said...

it was a simple, unintended mistake. Don't beat yourself up too much. I'm glad they're doing OK.

Stacy Hurt said...

OMYCOD! You must be just beside yourself! Oh thank you so much for keeping us updated & we lubs dose boyz so much we can't hardly try to think about bad things. So we're NOT! We are going to wait to read they are home, fine & back to their normal selves!

We did laugh out loud at the 'because he is Orange' comment. Under the circumstances it was very timely and made That Woman laugh through her tears.

xooxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxooxoxoxox
Ms. Stella O'Houligan & the gang
& That Woman sends XOXOXOXOXO
XOXOXOXOXOXOXO (cuz that's how she roll's)

Fuzzy Tales said...

Purrs and purrayers to you all. We think both boys will be just fine and home soon. Please keep us updated if you can!

Mariodacat said...

Gasp! How very scary. I'm happy now that I read your last post first cuz now I know they will be okay. It is a good reminder to all our oomans to keep all lily parts away from kitties.

Woodsterman (Odie) said...

I haven't read your update yet. I've never heard of a plant eating cat .. except for grass when their tummies are upset.

Gattina said...

OMG ! I can imagine how you felt and feel ! Fortunately you reacted very quickly ! Some plants or flowers can be very dangerous for cats ! Hope that you get your little boys back soon ! what a shock !

Milo and Alfie Marshall said...

We are so sorry this happened. Love and purrs.

Anya said...

ohoh
so sorry that we are late

I think you will be really upset Rosemary !!!!!

Hugs LOVE for all
we are thinking on you alll

Anya said...

Kareltje is also a plant eater
:(