first ER visit

While Granny and Peepaw were here to visit, their last day actually, our curious daughter found their medication. She found it just when we were all distracted. Daddy was in the kitchen cooking breakfast, Granny, having just got out of the shower was changing along with Peepaw, and I was in the living room with Eden on the phone with a friend.

I asked if Haddie would come and say hi on the phone to my friends daughter. This is when I found out something was wrong.

Paul said that Haddie is in trouble for getting into some of Granny and Peepaw's things. I hung up the phone and when in to see what it was. Granny began to explain that she found Haddie with these open pill bottles and several pills on the floor, handing me a handful of bottles. She continued to tell me that she had found several chewed up pills that she had spit out.

I first tried calling my pediatrician, but they were closed on that day. I then tried calling a friend who's husband is a dr. but was unable to get a hold of her. So I called poison control. After counting all the pills and narrowing down which ones she could have swallowed, the lady told me to go to the ER.

Thinking that this will not take long, I didn't pack much and away we went.

I don't know what I was thinking because when we got to the ER we were immediately told that the poison control contacted them and told them what meds she could have swallowed and were informed that we will not just be there for the afternoon (mind you this is at 9:30 in the morning), but we will be staying the night, in the ICU.

They wanted to monitor her closely for 24 hours. The meds she took could cause her heart to misfire and/or her blood presser to drop.

Oh, joy. Maybe this experience will teach haddie not to be so noisy. WRONG!!

Although the heart monitors and the IV were uncomfortable and even hurtful. I think she enjoyed her experience far too much. She had many visitors two of which are her good friends. with the visitors come gifts and food. Even though she had to stay in the hospital bed, she was the center of attention and enjoyed charming all the doctors and nurses.

Durning the night her blood presser did drop to a uncomfortable 38, but went back up with no other problems. We were released the next morning with no farther instructions, that is other then KEEP your meds hidden and out of reach. Which is what we were doing, she is just very clever. Oh, and the caps are not child proof, they are child resistant, just to let you know. The poison control lady told me that MOST 2 yr olds can get into them. Which is funny because most other cannot.