HELP! BATTERY PROBLEMS, I THINK...

Hey,
Got problems with my MacBook Pro battery. It started when I noticed it was taking a REALLY super-long time to charge...I would leave it plugged in over night and in the morning, it would still be at 63%. Then, it would say it was fully charged, so I'd unplug it and work on it, and it would just go dead, even though I had more than half a battery left (at least according to the status icon). This has happened several times, and it doesn't start back up unless I plug it in.
To make matters worse, just this morning, I spilled hot coffee all over the laptop and now it's really giving me problems...it's on and working but it will just go out even though it's plugged in, and it takes a really long time to start up again.
Do I need to buy a new battery or calibrate or ??????? Can I get it back to normal?

To make matters worse, just this morning, I spilled hot coffee all over the laptop and now it's really giving me problems...it's on and working but it will just go out even though it's plugged in, and it takes a really long time to start up again.
Oh, that's really bad. You are probably never going to get that machine to be back to normal again.
Those grains can get in between the circuits and any left over residue that dries on it can short the circuits on it.
Time to move the hard drive out of your machine and put it in a replacement. Hopefully your homeowners insurance will cover that. Never let food nor drink near your computer.

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