The key answer of exercise 2
The key to exercise solutions in chapter Video 5 - The cat who ate needles for the textbook Outcomes Advanced - Student's Book with authors Carol Nuttall and Amanda French from National Geographic Learning
Question
Watch the first part of a video about a pet in need of a vet (0.00-2.32). Find out.
Answer
- A needle got stuck in the back of a cat’s mouth and then when the cat closed its mouth, it bit into the needle. The needle has gone through the roof of the cat’s mouth and penetrated the back of the cat’s eye. The needle is unsterilised. The thread has been swallowed and could get stuck in the intestines.
- The cat was playing by licking a piece of thread. The thread got stuck on the combs on the cat’s tongue and it ended up swallowing it. There was a needle attached to the thread. The needle got stuck in the back of the throat and the cat bit into it.
- Dr Yessenow immediately put Maxine under anaesthesia to take X-rays and get a better look at the needle.
- The needle is unsterilised and could cause infection. The thread could cause complications. The worst-case scenario would be that the needle penetrates a major blood vessel and causes a major bleed, or that fluid leaks out of the eye itself and it completely collapses.
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