ER Visit #2

Yesterday afternoon, Little Brian was in mine and my hubby's bedroom watching his favorite, Curious George. He had been in there for a bit, not making any noise so I thought I take a peek at him, wondering what he was up to. Well he had managed to get my ancient bottle of Afrin nose spray from a place, might I add, that I thought he couldn't reach. He has become quite the little adventurer and is very inventive on the tools he uses to reach his goal. Well there were wet spots on the bed, looking as if he squirted it out to see what it was and he was just lying there, relaxing on the bed with the bottle in his mouth. I immediately called Poison Control and we were told to take him to the nearest hospital for observation as it can caused depressed breathing rates. So I tell my hubby and we all get dressed and in the car. My hubby makes it to Northeast GA Medical Center within 10 minutes! I will not divulge my hubby's speed but lets just say it felt as if we were qualifying for a NASCAR race. Poison Control had called them and told them we were coming in so we were seen within 15 mins. (It must have been a full moon as all of the patients waiting to be seen were just at or a little older than Little Brian's age.) The ER checks back with Poison Control to see what Little Brian needs to be monitored for and they tell us we're in observation for the next four hours; it is now 6:30 p.m. Yea! We get settled into the room and proceed to keep Little Brian occupied. We had gone to church yesterday morning so I was glad I thought to grab his diaper bag before we left. We ate a snack of Goldfish crackers, had some juice, "reorganized" Mommy's purse and watched some TV.

Here's a quick pic of Little Brian watching 'nosars', i.e. Jurassic Park 2, while trying to be patient.

By 9:00 p.m. he was tired, cranky and Mommy and Daddy were out of tricks! Since his breathing rate hadn't dropped since 6:30 p.m., we thought it would be ok if he went to sleep. They monitored him for another hour and then we were released. Thank God nothing adverse happened to Little Brian! We got home at 10:45 after stopping at Krystal for some home cooking.

I'd like to go another 6 months before visiting the ER again! We were just there in late April after Little Brian had an allergic reaction to the antibiotic Omnicef. He had been taking it for 3 days before it developed and he broke out in hives! We gave him some Benadryl at home and they seemed to go away. However, the next morning, he had broken out again and this time it was in the webs of his fingers and toes. Another weird thing was that they moved around. I called our pediatrician and by the time she answered her page, the hives were still present but had moved on his body. I didn't want to wait so I got him in the car to go to Quick Care when he started violently throwing up. His lips started swelling and I tried not to freak out. I pulled over and called 911. An ambulance came to pick us up and we were off to the ER. (We were suppose to go to 'Touch a Truck Day' that day, sponsored by my mom's church, where fire rucks, ambulances, police cars and dump trucks are available for the kiddos to get in and try out. Needless to say, the ambulance ride was not how I pictured us 'touching a truck.') We got to the ER where Little Brian got a shot and some grape popsicles to take off the sting.

Pre-popscicle

I'll be very glad for a accident free 6 months!