A Warning...

Last week Sammers gave us a big scare. I didn't have much going on, so I decided to drag the kids to Payless and look at some new shoes for the kiddies. While I was looking at shoes, my kids were all over the store and I was trying my best to keep them near me and hurry out of there at the same time. Next thing I know, Sam is spitting on the carpet and I look down and see white powder on the floor and in his mouth. Then I look down to see my baggie of medications open and realize that's what he had tried to eat!! I hurried and bought the shoes and left the store so I could call my pediatrician, who referred me to poison control. The nice lady at poison control recommended me to hurry into the ER, since I wasn't sure if he had swallowed any, and how much of it. To make a long story short, at the hospital we found out that the medication he had taken, (my ativan for anxiety) doesn't have any toxins in it and would just sedate him, unless taken quite a few, then could stop his breathing. I could tell that Sam was acting a little more tired than normal, but thankfully, it wasn't enough to make him sleep or anything worse. We were sent home after only about an hour, and no tests were done, (much to my relief). It ended up being a very short excursion and he got a "brace-wet" with his name on it too. However, I learned my lesson- Never keep medicine in anything other than the child-proof bottle!!! I had put my meds in a baggie so I could keep it on me during my trip to Hawaii, and upon returning home, I stashed it in a zipped side pocket in my purse that I didn't think the boys would ever find. I know Sam was looking for some gum and must have thought the pills were mints or something, because they are just small and white, not capsules. Anyway, I am grateful that Sam is okay, and that I did take him in to the ER, just in case something did happen.