Swollen battery, now Mac won't power up

My battery is swelling and I had resigned myself to working tethered until I HAD to purchase a new one. Last nite, my infant grandson yanked out the power cord and now I can't power back on. I get the green light on the AC adapter, and had always assumed that I could run the computer just from that source without the battery. Am I wrong or could the sudden disconnect possibly have tripped something that now prevents me from powering back up? Any one experience similar troubles?
Teemflmngo

You should be able to run the MBP just from the power adaptor. You could have some directory corruption from the abrupt shutdown. See if you can boot from your install disc. If you can, navigate to Disk Utility and repair your boot disk and try again.
Have you removed the swelling battery? You need to--otherwise it can exert pressure inside the machine and potentially cause damage.
Here's a link that might be helpful:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1365
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