Crazy Animals

All I was supposed to do this afternoon was take the cat into the vet to get his shots. Well Droopy laid on the ground and started howling in pain about 2 hrs before I was due to go. So I called and they said to bring him in too. They think he is in pain from arthritis and gave him some pain meds. Also while she was checking him out she found a large growth on his neck. Where it is at she doesn't feel comfortable to exploratory surgery since it is too close to major arteries. Yeah. So she took some blood work to test his thyroid levels and some stuff to try to figure out what it is. If that doesn't tell her what it is she will have to try to poke it with a needle and see what she can find out there. So yeah my dog is sick again. I am worried that this might be it for him.
Ok now to the Cat. Well he got his shots and we all went home. Then I went to give the dog his pain meds and he wouldn't chew it so I set it on the bathroom counter for Jim to force it down his throat. (This is always a ton of slimy fun) Well Jim came out of the bathroom and asked what I did with the pill. Apparently the Cat ate it while he wasn't looking. So we searched the bathroom to make sure and then I called the vet. She called the med company and had me bring tubby back to the vet. Apparently that med is not approved for use in cats here in the states. They use it in england but he basically took a months worth of pain meds. It is extremely toxic in cats in high doses. So she kept him at the office and induced vomitting. He def ate the pill and she got him to throw at least half maybe 3/4ths of it up. She is going to put him on an IV and give him charcoal to neutalize the rest of it. She plans on keeping him all weekend and monitoring him since the effects could take a few days to show up.
So now both my animals are sick and I feel helpless. I just want to go hide out and cry. Droopy I am sad about but he is 14 yrs old and we knew this day was coming. Tubby on the other hand is only about 5-6 and I will be devastated if anything happens to him. I am really hoping he pulls through this but we don't know yet what if any lasting affects will happen.

Go Blazers

We took Jamie to see the OKC Blazers last night. It was free kids jersey last night and both Jamie and Cara got one. Of course they were one size fits all and are huge on Jamie but hey they were free. He had so much fun you should have just seen his face light up. It was priceless. He had a hard time following the puck sometimes. But even I had that problem. That thing moves pretty fast. :)
Cara was also fascinated by the whole experience. It was way past her bedtime but she did really well. She had fun watching everyone around us and all the bright lights. I should have taken her picture but since I was holding her most of the night I forgot. OOPs bad mommy.