Trinity had been vomiting blood and her owner brought her to Dr. Pruett to find out what was wrong. Aside from the vomiting, Trinity howled painfully when her stomach was pressed and she had not had a bowel movement in some time. An x-ray revealed nothing out of the ordinary, so a barium exam was undertaken to determine if there was an obstruction. Within a few hours the blockage began to reveal itself. Whatever was inside Trinity was not going to pass on its own, and with the looming threat of internal injury, exploratory surgery was necessary.

Once inside Trinity's stomach, Dr. Pruett located the cause of the cat's problem: a two-foot length of ribbon. The ribbon had began to wrap around the cat's large intestine, pinching it off and tangling around into one large knot.

Trinity's story has a happy ending, but sadly string, yarn and plastic wrap are among the many common household items often ingested by cats. Occasionally they will pass through the system on their own. More often than not, they will wrap around the cat's organs necessitating surgery.