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<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nAfter about an hour I\u2019ve got to the point where I need to threadle the ribbon around the top edge of a hand quilted circular piece of work, I didn\u2019t have the right bodkin or the right safety pin, they being in my Therapy Cupboard, so I\u2019m thinking I\u2019ll do that later and packs my stitching up into a little heap, hides the threads and ribbon within my work as usual.<\/p>\n
I then sit wrapped in a fleece and dozed in the chair.\u00a0 Lovely\u2026\u2026.. until I hear this real weird sound in the dark, it brought me out of my doze in a bit of a fuzz, what was it?\u00a0 Sounded like the most almighty dripping, it raining and such, I immediately think, here we go, the roofs having a moment.\u00a0 (we live in an old bungalow)<\/p>\n
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<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nI\u2019m in the habit of having my mobile phone to hand at night, I use the torch facility on it to aid my wanderings\u00a0 so I don\u2019t wake people up.\u00a0 I grabbed the phone, turned the light on, pointed it in the direction of the dripping to see one of our cats looking at me, swallowing hard in a regular motion, about 3\u2033 of bright purple 6mm ribbon hanging from his mouth and disappearing fast!! \u00a0 By the time I\u2019d launched myself at him it was gone, as was the cat, rapidly out of the door into the kitchen, he\u2019d succeeded in waking me and was very pleased to be asking for more breakfast!<\/p>\n
Well, our \u2018little\u2019 Grey cat is a bit of a toad really, he chews things, rips and spits just about anything, he particularly likes card & paper (he\u2019s disposed of bills before now, useful until you get a copy in a pretty red print sent to you)\u00a0 Plants and flowers, well, lots of them are poisonous to cats, so there hasn\u2019t been any in our house for at least 7 years now.<\/p>\n
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<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nRibbon is a first for him though as I\u2019m absolutely hyper about threads and string and long lengths as if ingested, they can get trapped in the gut, undigested they pass on through and can cause ruptures and death of small furry friends.\u00a0 My friends cat passed away to a length of polyester thread like a cheese wire, I try only ever to use cotton because of this.<\/p>\n
So, what to do, well my first thought is how do you make him ill, off to my animal medical volume, apparently peroxide at 3%\u2026\u2026 google, peroxide at 3%.\u00a0 Well that\u2019s not happening, because I haven\u2019t any and I really wouldn\u2019t trust myself if I did.\u00a0 (did I mention this ribbon is about 20\u2033 long?!!!)<\/p>\n
6.30am I\u2019m on the phone to the vets, 6.50am we\u2019re at the vets.\u00a0 Poor hubby has been woken from a jolly snooze, ordered about and directed in the plan I\u2019ve hatched for the capture of Grey to be put in a carry basket.\u00a0 Then made to sit and talk nice noises at Grey as I drove to the vets in the aforementioned wind and rain and noise and idiot drivers.\u00a0 (me being the idiot driver as I\u2019m on a mission, I\u2019m so glad the roads were really quiet!)<\/p>\n
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<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nThe vet is blurry eyed with a Grey cat growling at her, he\u2019s taken offence to the needle in the back of the neck to make him feel really rather ill.\u00a0 It didn\u2019t work\u00a0 (hubby is fussing Grey and crooning nice calming sounds at him\u2026..me?\u00a0 I\u2019m feeling ill\u2026..).\u00a0 Another needle of a different variety in his bum this time, now he\u2019s growling, hissing and spitting at the vet\u2026\u2026.didn\u2019t work.\u00a0 I dread to think how poorly Grey must have been feeling by now, but he steadfastly refused to be ill, he was keeping his purple ribbon to himself.<\/p>\n
At 7.40am we had to leave Grey at the vets to have an operation to remove the purple ribbon forcibly\u2026. I\u2019m sure the vet didn\u2019t believe me when I\u2019d told her how long it was, but had decided better safe than sorry, apparently it takes 2hours for it to start passing into the small intestine\u2026\u2026.<\/p>\n
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11.30am and I\u2019m just so relieved to be speaking to the vet who\u2019s astounded how long the ribbon was and that yes, it was purple\u2026\u2026 and that it would have killed him had they not operated\u2026\u2026..<\/p>\n
I get to go and pick him up in a couple of hours time, I have to pay the bill beforehand, \u00a3900+\u2026..<\/p>\n
Warning, I\u2019m going to swear, that\u2019s a bleddy expensive workshop sample!!\u00a0 (please come to class as you see me around the shows next year, I have to pay off the plastic!)<\/p>\n
So, ladies and gents, make sure you put all of\u00a0 your sewing threads and such away securely, not just out of sight!\u00a0 It being Christmas with decorations and parcels and elastics and ribbons everywhere, please, please, please put everything away!!\u00a0 I\u2019m never going to forgive myself and I thought I was hyper about such things, just goes to show\u2026\u2026<\/p>\n
I\u2019ll be cuddling a cat most of Christmas while he recovers, but at least I can cuddle him!<\/p>\n
Merry Christmas and a Happy, safe, New Year to you All<\/p>\n
Abbie xxx\u00a0 (\u2026.and I\u2019m still feeling ill)<\/p>\n
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