Monday, November 23, 2009

Month 11

My kids love to scare us in their 11th month. Fisher has had more bloody lips and bumps in his almost year of life than Lucy has in her 2 1/2. When she was 11 months old, we had to rush her to the ER. So far, he hasn't been to the ER, but he tried to one-up her today. We got the opportunity to call poison control tonight. Fisher bit open a 2 in 1 cascade dishwasher pellet. I didn't think he had gotten much down and rinsed his mouth out. I could feel the slippery soap, so I knew some of it went down. Then he started to gag and threw up. I was so proud of him. Gary got home right then, and convinced me to call poison control. They told us not to make his throw up and not to give him anything to drink, as he was in Gary's arms drinking water. So we stopped that and waited 30 min until we gave him a little sip, wait 10 min, and give him another sip. As long as nothing happened we were good. Well, he threw up after 15 min, so we called back and were told to start a new 30 min. 15 min later, he threw up again. Luckily, that was the last time and he is fine. I was way more controlled this time around than I was with Lucy, but I was shaken enough that I couldn't remember my phone number to tell the poison control lady.

Here are some pictures that we've taken recently: This was at the corn maze



Fisher and Lucy eating yummy food
The Arizona Botanical Garden. Eventhough this isn't a real plant, it was just as beautiful as the other cacti.

2 comments:

Kleinhenz Family said...

They are sooo cute. And you did NOT tell me about your son eating cascade! Can't wait to see you guys for real and not just pictures!

Anonymous said...

I would have been a nervous wreck. Glad he was okay! Avery got a hold of one of those plug in air freshners at my parents. He just put the tip of it on his tongue before he decided it was yucky. I thought he was going to be fine but then like a few minutes later his skin around his mouth went red. I made Brum call poison control and they just told us to give him milk. Not as bad as your situation but I was scared. When do you guys come to IN???