Older MacBook Pro put away while on holidays now won't power or wake up.

Hi all, my MBair is working just fine (luckily I haven't had any of the problems noted here)  but we left for holidays with my MBair and I put my MBP away asleep, but probably ought to have powered off, for 10 days and now I can't wake it or power it on. I've tried taking the battery out and tried working from direct power, all to no avail. No sure what v I am on but it's as up-date as possible as I think it's a 2009.  Any suggestions? I dimly remember this happening once before.  Thanks!

Thanks Paul.    Yahoo, problem solved thanks to my local Apple store. Apparently the power cord I was using at home was only 60watt as compared to the 85watt cord I was using at work so there was not enough 'juice' to keep the battery charging for the few days when I brought it home and of course was not enough to power my 'pro' to work. I've since switched power cords and Voila´ it is up and running!
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