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Posted by spriggy on August 4, 2005, at 0:34:11
Yeah, I'm pretty proud about that considering i've been a mom now for over 10 years and today was my first call to the Poison Control. ROFL
My 5 year old found my Advair diskus (asthma steroid inhalor), I had JUST gotten it today and had it sitting out as I read the package insert. I hear this "click, click, click" noise and say, " what are you doing???" He said, " I'm just playing with the new toy you bought me!"
Sure enough, he had used up all 28 days worth of medicine. He didn't have it in his mouth but it was still so close to where he was breathing that I was concerned.
Poison control guy cracks up a bit and says, " no, it's not dangerous as long as he didn't inhale it. Next time keep it out of his reach."
*wipes forehead*
Shew. This mommy thing ain't for weanies.
Posted by happyflower on August 4, 2005, at 6:39:35
In reply to My very 1st call to Poison control.... yippeee, posted by spriggy on August 4, 2005, at 0:34:11
LOL I hope you have a good insurance plan, because that stuff is expensive! lol :) I am glad your son is okay!
Posted by crazy teresa on August 4, 2005, at 7:22:18
In reply to My very 1st call to Poison control.... yippeee, posted by spriggy on August 4, 2005, at 0:34:11
I love that every time I've had to call they ask the kid's name--not the mom's, just the kid's. I went through a period with my daughter that I was tempted to say, "Hi, this is Jane's mom calling again!"
Posted by greyskyeyes on August 5, 2005, at 14:38:44
In reply to My 1st call to the Poison Control.... yippeee, posted by spriggy on August 4, 2005, at 0:34:47
Hi Spriggy, I don't post on this board too often but I had to respond to this. I had my 1st Poison Control call about 2 months ago (well, hubby made the call, not me) -- my son, 16 months at the time, got into one of my bags which OF COURSE was the one with the bottle of Excedrin. Somehow, my ingenious little devil managed to get the *child-proof* cap off and eat somewhere between 2 and 4 tablets. All of this in the space of 5 minutes while hubby had run off to use the bathroom (I was at work). So we all spent the next 5 hours in the ER. They had to give him an enormous quantity of activated charcoal (little guy struggled so much it got everywhere, he was black from head to toe) and take his blood 4 hours later. And of course the medical staff treated us like idiots, like we don't KNOW medicines are supposed to be out of reach of children... I don't think they took into account the ingeniousness of toddlers!
And yes this is our first child... we're off to a great start! :P
Posted by wildcard on August 6, 2005, at 23:31:32
In reply to My very 1st call to Poison control.... yippeee, posted by spriggy on August 4, 2005, at 0:34:11
you are right-the mommy thing aint for weinies!!!
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