DAMN IT did I F up last night. Angie went to see the 'stros get beat argghhh and I watched Dade. We went to see G, J and S and Dade had an absolute ball playing with their hamsters. Anyway when I went to put him to bed I went to get his cold medicine that he has been taking each night. Well we must have run out because all that was up there was some other stuff, and not the stuff he had been taking, no prob I read the label it's for kids his age, what's the dose, 2 tsp., no prob same the other stuff, down the hatch and off to bed. Angie gets home I ask her about it and she says yea we ran out 2 nights ago I just used the other stuff, 1/2 tsp. Huh no it's 2 tsp. right no it's 1/2... let me go look. Well let me tell you I felt genuine fear after I read that label. OH SHIT now what do I do? Quick let me call poison control...
"Texas Poison Center my name is Mike what can I help you with?"
"Ok I have a 3 year old...yada yada yada... did I screw up what do I do?"
"Well as long as it doesn't have Phedosomething or GuacoSomething or DextromaSomething we may be alright what does the ingredients say on the bottle?"
"Um all three of those are the first three listed!!!!" At this point I'm feeling like throwing up!
"Ok sir what are the amounts listed there?"
"100ml,500ml,300ml"
"Ok ok we are probably alright." Probably WTF!
"What do I do? Do I need to take him to the ER?"
"No if he's sleeping now that's good, the phedosomething makes your heart speed up dramatically but dextrosomething is like codine and will make you sleep. We need to watch out for the speeding heart rate, but if he's sleeping now that is probably not a worry. After that we need to make sure that he didn't get to much of the dextrosomething so you'll need to make sure you can wake him up, go now and wake him up and then wake him again in 3-4 hours, it's probably a good idea to let him sleep with you tonight."
"So I don't need to do anything else like give him a ton of milk or water?"
"No just make sure he's rousable every 3-4 hours, and call us back if his condition changes."
"Ok thanks! goodbye"
"goodnight"
So we did, he slept with us I woke him at 11 to come down I got up at 2:30 and made sure he could talk to me, and then again this morning at 5:30... I'm upset sitting here thinking about it. What if I had really F'ed up ... damn. I got lucky please everyone read the labels carefully. I read the label and read it wrong so read carefully!
