It Finally Happened

I reached into the refrigerator and grabbed the yogurt. In mindless, post-partum fashion, I scooped yogurt onto a spoon and poured the granules of medicine out of the capsule onto the yogurt. I turned and said, \”Open up\”. She did just as I said…

In a flash I realized my error… I gave my daughter my SON\’s seizure medication!!! I quickly ordered Olivia to NOT swallow and swept out a slimy mess of yogurt and granules. Between my panic and my husband\’s, we manged to get her to swish out as much as we could. We were able to get most of it out, though it is impossible to know exactly how much she actually ingested.

I called poison control. Good news. Even if she had taken the full dose, the worst that would happen would have been extreme sleepiness. The woman I spoke with was very comforting. She said I wasn\’t the only one who has done that! Whew…