The best cure for a New Year's Day hangover... Hearing Mr. Nut yell to me that our 2 daughters were into a bottle of allergy medicine.
I ran downstairs to find both of them playing with handfuls of tiny white pills while my husband was frantically trying to keep them from eating more.
I called 911 (second time in my life) and they connected me to poison control. They asked me count the pills so we could know how many were left... there were about 100 pills, but from a bottle of 300. Because the girls weren't showing any signs of overdose, we didn't need an ambulance, but we were to go to the ER immediately.
To the ER we went. While we were buckling the girls in their car seats, a police officer stopped by to make sure we were actually taking them to the hospital. All I could think was "What are our neighbors thinking?" Aren't I awful? What a small-minded thought.
Both girls had to drink liquid charcoal to absorb any medication. We don't know if they actually ingested any pills; Cashew told me that she ate 2 and Almond ate 4, but we have no idea if that was accurate. Everyone in the ER on New Year's Day was wonderful and the girls thought we were playing a game the entire time. They were given chocolate milk with the charcoal and it was like we gave them the treat of a lifetime.
So how did they get into the bottle of pills, you ask? We've had a house guest since July, and all of her toiletries are in the cabinet under the bathroom sink. I didn't even think to ask her if she had any medication within a kid's reach. I definitely learned a lesson with all of this - as nosy as my kids are (OK, mostly my oldest) I need to ask visitors to secure anything potentially dangerous.
We are home now - they both ate dinner and are sleeping now. Glad the day is behind me, and more than thankful that they are OK.
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4 comments:
oh my goodness that is so frickin scary!
I am glad the girls are ok.
I know next time I stay I will be sure to keep any pills out of kids reach!
That has got to be frightening! And to think they may have taken up to 200!! and how would you know!
I am so glad all went well, and that the hospital run was not scary for the Little Nuts. Sounds like the ER knows how to handle little kiddos.
Glad you are all well.
Happy New Year.
And I thought all I had to do was lock up the band-aids so Cashew wouldn't plaster herself with them.
I am glad everything is o.k. that must have been scary. Don't forget to add this to the baby books.
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