Poor Bandi

 

Song:  To Zanarkand

Music of:  FF X

Poor Bandi...

I took her to the vet today because she had ingested some chocolate.

I had stored the chocolate in the pantry...

 and I usually keep the pantry door closed...

however, I must have forgotten to close the door...

for I had found dark colored vomit on my bedroom floor

(I have since moved the chocolate to a high shelf...

out of her reach even if she could access the pantry.

Yes...I should have thought of that from the beginning).

At first it didn't make sense...

then I found an empty chocolate bag on the floor behind my bed

(There wasn't all that much chocolate in the bag from the beginning).

Bandi ended up vomiting a total of 10 times before I got her to the vet...

but...

she was otherwise unaffected.

She was neither hyperactive...

nor was she lethargic.

Even on the way to the vet in Colorado Springs...

she hung outside the car window as normal...

alert and happy.

Bandi at the vet.

She was alert and affectionate.

All of her vitals were good...

and the vet administered some fluids, electrolytes, and some medication...

and I then took her home

(approximately $435 in treatment costs...which I gladly paid).

It is good she has a sensitive stomach...

as she will throw up if she eats too much popcorn...

and this time...

it saved her from a toxic amount of chocolate.

She had no symptoms of poisoning...

other than vomiting...

(which the doctor surmised was gastroenteritis or pancreatitis...

from the light toxic reaction to the chocolate)...

and drinking a lot of water...and peeing a lot.

I was advised to keep an eye on her over the next few days.

I think she had thrown up soon after eating the chocolate...

thereby preventing much of the toxic chemicals in the chocolate

from being absorbed (and so...the dark colored vomit).

Cheyenne Mountain on our way home from Colorado Springs.

It is now 9 pm and Bandi has been fine.

She will fast until tomorrow.

She is sleeping comfortably...

and has not vomited since coming back home.

She seems normal now...

but I will be staying home with her over the next few days anyways.

The Cripple Creek Ice Festival will be open next weekend as well...

and that is when I will go.

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I was in no way upset with Bandi.

Her whole job in life is to be explorative and childlike in innocence...

fun loving and affectionate...

and guarding home. 

I am like her parent...

I am supposed to prevent the preventable.

So...

no shame on Bandi...

but shame on me.

I am just so glad that my lack of forethought had not led to Bandi becoming seriously ill.