Right, rat poison is basically warfarin so it works by inhibiting Vitamin K dependent clotting factors. I know in humans [sorry I'm a physician not a veterinarian] Vitamin K can be given subcutaneously and orally. *It can also be given IV but this is more risky and many physicians and hospitals feel the risk outweighs the benefit.* The other thought is that a human presenting with active bleeding after a Warfarin misadventure would be given FFP to reverse the coagulopathy quickly. I honestly don't know if kitty FFP is available or used.

I haven't, but my dad raised me to always fill up at a quarter of a tank [and I've been fortunate to never have some kind of a gas sensor or whatever malfunction].

Enjoy your new kitchen [and congrats to your husband on being so handy]! We did our last kitchen remodel almost two years ago and I love our kitchen but I didn't love being without a fully functioning kitchen while the work was done.

This is an interesting thread. My current pregnancy will actually take us from five to six but four years earlier our oldest daughter was really essentially an only child as her big brother was a college student with his own place and our younger daughter had passed away years before. Then I got pregnant with our third daughter [who is now two] and our foster daughter [who we are working on adopting] came into our lives. So when our youngest daughter is born we will have added three children in less than three years. If someone else asked if this was a good idea I'd probably suggest it might not be but it's just the way things have worked for us. Fortunately my husband is a very involved dad so I'm not doing this alone. I also think that working through our past struggles has brought us to a place where we communicate very well and are very good at supporting each other.

My husband's first wife died when their son was four. I didn't know him at the time. We met for the first time a little over a year after her death and he was pretty upfront that he was a very involved single dad. In many ways I fell in love with his son at the same time I was falling in love with him. Had I not I doubt we would have married when we did because I don't see him marrying a woman who hadn't come to love his child. However, I have always considered M my stepson [and often referred to him as E's son] because I acknowledge that he had a mother who loved him and his father very much and would be with them if things were different. But things aren't different. I love them both and I love the family we have built now. While M will always be my stepson I have always considered him the brother [halves sound wrong and silly] of our five daughters [one of whom died way too soon, one of whom is still in utero, and one of whom joined our family as a foster child]. I have appreciated and often praised the amazing big brother he has always been to them. He really has and they are very fortunate to have him in their lives.

I'm sorry to hear this. There really aren't words at this time.

Hopefully you will. We've found that uncertainty makes everything so much more difficult. If she is delayed [and the visual impairment may contribute and confound here as well] globally then the separation anxiety may be peaking later than you may be expecting if you are recalling what happened with your neurotypical children. Again, best wishes. :grouphug:

The short answer is, yes, attachment issues can come out a year or two into the relationship. Often there is a "honeymoon phase" and from all we've read this can be extensive. I think it is also important to consider that grief issues and trauma issues often present and represent as children pass through different life situations and stages. These can all intersect as well. Best wishes.

I hope your daughter heals quickly! If it is MRSA then Ceftriaxone [aka Rocephin] will not be effective. MRSA is Staph aureus which has developed resistance to Methicillin.** Possible treatment options would be Vancomycin IV, Linezolid PO/IV and depending on sensitivities sometimes Bactrim, Clindamycin, or one of the Quinolones (which are a bad idea in kids for other reasons) may be options as well. **Just clarifying this for other posters. There may have been a very valid reason your pediatrician felt Ceftiaxone was indicated. They may have wanted to cover for other pathogens before the cultures came back or they may have been treating something other than the skin infection.