Posted on 03/09/2014 9:52:19 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows
For many people, arriving at A&E at death’s door and being told the only way for you to survive was to get blind drunk would count as a result.
That’s the situation Maltese terrier Charlie found himself in after being left with hours to live after licking coolant from his owner Jacinta Rosewarne’s garage.
Quick-thinking vets deduced that the little dog had ethylene glycol poisoning, which can lead to kidney failure – and the only treatment was to get him as drunk as possible.
Because pure alcohol can alter antifreeze chemicals and allow them to be flushed out of an animal’s body, Charlie was given 700ml of vodka over two days via a tube.
Animal Accident & Emergency wrote on its blog: ‘For the whole weekend, Charlie had a huge party with us in the Pet ICU.’
It almost certainly saved his life – but also left him with an almighty hangover.
‘He was definitely drunk,’ said Ms Rosewarne, from Melbourne, in Australia, told the Herald Sun.
‘He was stumbling around, I’d go to pat him and he’d push me away like a normal drunk person, he was vomiting a little, whining like a drunk.’
She added: ‘I thought it was hilarious. It was distressing but funny at the same time.
May he rot in a thousand pieces, mourned only by the sound of the animals who use his cranium as a urinal.
Dude!
Is the first line even in English?
Interesting. thanks
My pleasure.
I was going to make the same point. The enzymes that digest the antifreeze prefer the alcohol, and let the ethylene glycol pass harmlessly. So remember to get good and drunk before imbibing your favorite antifreeze.
could they also give the dog activated charcoal to absorb some of the toxic antifreeze as well?
Hm, which do you prefer: PEAK or Prestone?
Ah, the benefits of a bartending education.
Wikipedia says no, as activated charcoal does not adsorb glycols. Also (my opinion only), since antifreeze is liquid, it’s going to leave the GI tract pretty quickly, at which point activated charcoal would be useless.
Ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethylene_glycol_poisoning#Treatment
So, If;m I’mma gonna set aside a “dose” for myself, a 250 pound man, just in case I accidentally like antifreeze off’n me driveway, what size dose do you think I’d need for optimum health?
Sorry, but I am NOT licensed to give medical advice. All I can suggest is that you avoid licking strange puddles on your driveway.
With luck he will cross the wrong person.
What if the strange puddle licks you instead?
Co2 laser his tires.
Nice hot day, oh gee. . tires melted.
Dunno why.
Would also play havoc with ir cameras.
> What if the strange puddle licks you instead?
Tine to cut down on the LSD.
Or possibly “time”.
A Ford Prefect/Arthur Dent moment?
“It’s unpleasantly like being drunk.” said Ford.
“What’s so bad about that?” said Arthur.
“Ask a glass of water.” Ford replied.
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