It is a number that is now near and dear to my heart.
It is the number of our Poison Control, now known as my new close friends.
As if I needed another trip to the hospital and another bill from my new best friends, the nursing staff at Sky Ridge Medical Center.
This afternoon, Mason was supposed to be in his room having "rest time".
Until his called me up stating "Mommy, I spilled the medicine all over my pants!"
Um...wwhhaatt?? What medicine?
Children's Ibuprofen (with a child proof cap- we'll talk about that in a minute) spilled all over the counter, all over his pants and hands, and leaving his mouth oh so sticky.
"Mason, did you drink any of this?" I tried to calmly ask
"Yes, I drinked A LOT- like water!"
UUmmm...huh. What does one do?
My doctor's office was very kind to the mom trying to act cool but oh so close to becoming unglued. The sad thing was (and I hate admitting this), I was just as concerned about the looming hospital bill and visit and being there again for the 4th time in 3 1/2 weeks as I was about my kid getting his poor stomach pumped!
They kindly directed me to poison control while I acted like I had that number downstairs and I was up so could they just remind me of it?!?!
Anyway, long story short, poison control came to my rescue and calmly helped me figure out the worst case scenario of what Mason had consumed. All was fine.
Turns out ibuprofen is not as harmful as they would like you to think. I gave him some crackers and water and they said that I shouldn't be concerned if he gets a bit drowsy...I wish.
Now, about these child proof caps. This is the 3rd time in 2 weeks I have come upon Mason opening a child proof lid. That word is a complete oxymoron. I don't get it! How has he figured it out?
Does this look like the face of a mischievous kid?
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8 comments:
Oh, honey. You are an amazing woman. I don't know how you do it. I'll go buy some epicac.
Yikes, how scary! I'm glad to hear Mason's alright.
I'm sure this'll be one of those things you never forget and will be a story told and re-told. We still talk about how my brother ate Desitin once when he was little because he thought it was icing... :)
Oh Mason. haha.
you're going to have a load of stories to tell about him someday. :)
I'm glad it wasn't too serious!
It's like looking into a mirror of the future!! Yikes!!
i know it had to be so scary--we did that with the purple chewable tylenol pills last spring--but that picture is stinkin' adorable!
Oh my goodness Kari -so many things to look forward to! :0)
He is a handsome little man!
Is your blood pressure beginning to regulate now? Oh my! Praise the Lord that he is okay.
Inspired by your post It reminded me that I have a magnent with that number on my fridge. Then I thought that my baby sitter, my sister (who has two little girls under the age of 16 months) and my brother in law who just had a baby on the 11th of this month do not. So I googled it and came to their website. I emailed them and they will be mailing me magnents to give to them. To tag alongside your post, I recommend it. Especially when an emergency happens, it would be especially helpful. Thanks for the post.
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