1/31 Ruby PMPS 126/+1.5 91/+3 78

[Katherine&Ruby]

Yesterday.

We were having a quiet Sunday. Ruby started a little high this morning with an AMPS of 133, and then she floated down, was on her usual flat course and heading up as the evening came on and the snow started to fall in big fat flakes outside. Then the carbon monoxide alarm went off in the kitchen. I gathered the cats, shoved them into their big carrier, filled a backpack with Ruby's insulin, syringes, and testing kit, put on my heavy coat and boots and we called the fire department. Thankfully there is no leak in our stove and it's likely that our alarm only needed a new battery. The experience of being shut in a carrier with her sister and having five burly loud men stomping around the apartment with walkie talkies surely pushed Ruby's BG up for her PMPS, poor thing.

Healing thoughts to all of the sick kitties and hugs to you beans who love them so. Hope everyone has had a good Sunday.

 

[Bron and Sheba (GA)]

Oh my goodness, what an experience! I am glad everything was OK.
I’ve never heard of a carbon monoxide alarm. We have a fire alarm in the house but not a carbon monoxide one.

 

[Katherine&Ruby]

I’ve never heard of a carbon monoxide alarm. We have a fire alarm in the house but not a carbon monoxide one.

Carbon monoxide alarms are common in homes that use natural gas for cooking and heating. The use of gas is very common in older buildings (the one we live in dates to the late 19th century), hence the need for CO sensors. CO usually makes humans feel lightheaded and eventually pass out from oxygen deprivation and the cats seemed fine so I had a suspicion it was nothing but it was better to call the fire department to check.

 

[Christie & Maverick]

Glad to see that Ruby wasn't too phased from the ordeal. Tricky business with CO, you need to be super careful, I've even heard of it coming into the house from running cars in attached garages. @Bron and Sheba (GA) you don't need one because you live in sunny and hot Australia

 

[JaxBenji]

Glad you all are okay We just bought all new fire alarms for our condo - we went to change the batteries and discovered they were 15 years old All that to say if you put in a new battery in your CO detector, check the install date to see if you need a whole new unit. Our fire detectors (all 5 of them ) should have been replaced at 10 years at the least.

Surf safely sweet Ruby

 

[carfurby (GA)]

I'm glad it was a false alarm and everything is okay. I hope you have a calm evening.

 

[Katherine&Ruby]

Glad you all are okay We just bought all new fire alarms for our condo - we went to change the batteries and discovered they were 15 years old All that to say if you put in a new battery in your CO detector, check the install date to see if you need a whole new unit. Our fire detectors (all 5 of them ) should have been replaced at 10 years at the least.

Surf safely sweet Ruby

Yeah, the fireman said that they should be replaced every five years even for good measure. The one that went off was from 2014, so it wasn't so bad.

Lesson learned. I was imagining standing outside, homeless, knee deep in snow with two yowling cats. Glad it didn't turn out that way!

Oh, and after the firemen left, Ruby made a big poop. Partay!

 

[Butters & Lyla]

So glad you didn't have to evacuate with the kitties! What an afternoon. I hope the rest of the evening is super boring for y'all.