Kris went up to get the boys church clothes in their room and noticed an empty bottle of Childrens grape night time cough & cold medicine on their bathroom counter. We asked around and Carson said he drank it all. We panicked, trying to get as much info from him as possible. Kris was just in their bathroom about 2 hours before and it wasnt there. We called poison control and they said that the first ingredient causes the heart to slow way down and the second causes it to speed up and we needed to get him to the closest emergency room immediately. Kris jumped in the car and they took him back as soon as he arrived at the ER. Because we did not actually see him drink that amount of medicine, the Dr did not want to put Carson through giving him Charcoal because of how sick he would get, they hooked him up to heart, oxygen and blood pressure monitors and kept him for the afternoon. They were ready to give him 2 shots if needed... one to speed up the heart rate and one to slow it down. We are so relieved that he never needed either. After a little nap he is back to his normal self and after a dose of Xanax, I am back to my normal self. ( if such a thing exists!) Between my broken foot, the flu and now this... we can't take much more... enough already!
~ I hugged him a little tighter and kissed him a little more tonight. ~
