After dealing with a recent bout of nausea and illness, I caved in and took some of my anti-nausea medicine that are prescribed for when my migraines progress to the “I can’t keep a thing down stage”, aka phenergan.
Not wanting to over do it and be drowsy for days, I decided ¼ of a pill would be enough to ease my tummy and allow me to get some rest. I get out my lovely amber bottle from Walgreen’s, check to make sure it is the med I am wanting (cause all of the bottles look the same, you have to read them when you take more than one prescription). I lay the pill on my glass topped dresser, using my thumb nail cut it in half and half again. Gently raking the crumbs into the bottle, as I don’t want any to get into the floor (I do have a 3 year old grand son who lives with me who will eat things he drops onto the floor…and a cat who lets face it licks just about anything off the floor or off her fur.
Being very proud of my self for being so safety minded I take my tiny smidgen of a pill and lay down, hoping the motion sickness that has become my stomach subsides quickly. As I close my eyes and begin to slip into that medicine haze, you know when your thoughts become “Alice in Wonderland” meets “Willy Wonka” I hear my cat at the bottom of the bed settling in, kneading and pawing. I begin to ponder. Does she sleep all day because she has been sneaking and taking my phenergan? Are all cats phenergan addicts is that why they are always sleeping? Should we have an intervention for her?
These types of questions swirl around my head as I doze off.
Upon waking the next morning I realized how crazy my thoughts had become. I look down and see the little black fur ball that has snuggled up at my feet. I think of how perfect she is, how could I have ever thought anything so insane about this wonderful loyal pet who has been with me through thick and thin. As I get up she stretches out and yawns…she looks so mischievous…her name is “Mischief”…
Bottom line keep your meds put up where your cat can’t reach them…just in case.
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