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Bad things come in 3's... right?  

Medic_Chick
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12/21/2007 10:44 pm
 Wow, what an absolutely terrible horrible no good very bad day I've had!

I went home this afternoon to check on my dogs - I installed a new dog door for them the other day - and found my shepherd laying about 50ft from the house, curled up in a ball and shivering. I first thought, "OMG, what's wrong with my dog?!" but when I got closer I noticed a grey ball of fur curled up against her belly & realised it was my 10 week old kitten.

He was on his side, his fur matted from where she'd been licking him (probably in a feeble attempt to warm/wake him up), and his poor little body was stuck to the snow where his body heat had melted it & then frozen again as he cooled off. His little legs were cold & stiff but his body still had some suppleness to it, which means he hadn't been there ALL morning. My poor dog looked up at me as I tried to take the kitten, with a bashful, "I'm sorry mom, I did the best I could" look on her face, and stuck her nose against the kitty's body as I lifted him up.

I don't know HOW he managed to push the big heavy dog door out of the way... maybe he snuck out as the dogs were running out to pee, or bark, or whatever... and couldn't get back in. Or maybe, as has happened a few times before, he had a seizure outside in the snow (instead of the warmth of the house like usual) and became hypothermic during his postictal (post seizure) stage.

Whatever way it happened, the end result is the same. They teach us in paramedic school that hypothermia patients aren't really dead until they're warm & dead because the body has an amazing self preservation instinct. So needless to say, my training kicked in & I did everything to save my baby kitty's life... but to no avail.

My beautiful sweet cream and grey, curl up under my chin & purr himself to sleep; chase the dogs; molest the old cat; nestle into my hair at bedtime; chase the laser pointer kitten is no more. I miss him terribly!!!

To add insult to injury... I put a pot of stew on low this morning, so I would have supper ready when we got a work break. Well, we (my co-worker & I ) got back to our station mid afternoon, only to find that the pot had boiled dry & burnt the stew firmly into my $70 Paderno pot!

What the hell comes next???????????????
"Real paramedics don't roll hose, they pull hose!"
rivercityhippy
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12/23/2007 6:27 pm

 I'm very sorry for your loss. Our four legged friends are family.

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