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Okay, my son and I went to visit his grandmother yesterday. On the way home, I stop at McDonald's. I don't eat there often, and this was Little Goofball's first visit. He likes french fries and the pickles on his cheeseburger. The rest didn't impress him much. But as I was finishing up, I had him out of my immediate view for perhaps a total of a minute. I hear, 'Yucky'. I look and he has something in his hand. Well, quick as a mongoose, I snatch it away. It's a pill. A partially dissolved pill. Well, as shock and disbelief are still tying to settle into their appropriate slots, I say, "Where did you find this?" He says in a slightly guilty voice, 'Floor'.

Well, there's a voice in my mind that reassures me during moments of crisis and remind me to keep thinking things through in a logical manner. That voice is screamng, "Holy Jumpin' Fuckin JESUS!!!! Oh, my fucking god!!! Holy shitballs on toast! It's a fucking pill!!! OhmygodohmygodohmygodohmyGOD! It could be fuckig anything! ANYTHING! Christ!"

Somehow, out of sheer will, I keep that dialogue internal. I wrap the half-dissolved unrecognizeable pill in a napkin and I say calmly, "Well, kiddo. We're going to make a little unscheduled stop." In my head I finish the thought, "Before you fucking die on me!"

Ten minutes later, we are at the hospital emergency room. I won't go into details, but after about six hours playing, reading to him and keeping him entertained with duplo blocks and such, the doctor comes back and tells me there's no cause for concern. The tablet was acetaminophen. I'm not sure how they found out that fast, but I'm glad they did. Because it gave me just enough time to stop at the liqur store before they close at 8:00 and pick up a large bottle of something very strong.

I am now officially five years older. :p

Okay, my son and I went to visit his grandmother yesterday. On the way home, I stop at McDonald's. I don't eat there often, and this was Little Goofball's first visit. He likes french fries and the pickles on his cheeseburger. The rest didn't impress him much. But as I was finishing up, I had him out of my immediate view for perhaps a total of a minute. I hear, 'Yucky'. I look and he has something in his hand. Well, quick as a mongoose, I snatch it away. It's a pill. A partially dissolved pill. Well, as shock and disbelief are still tying to settle into their appropriate slots, I say, "Where did you find this?" He says in a slightly guilty voice, 'Floor'.

Well, there's a voice in my mind that reassures me during moments of crisis and remind me to keep thinking things through in a logical manner. That voice is screamng, "Holy Jumpin' Fuckin JESUS!!!! Oh, my fucking god!!! Holy shitballs on toast! It's a fucking pill!!! OhmygodohmygodohmygodohmyGOD! It could be fuckig anything! ANYTHING! Christ!"

Somehow, out of sheer will, I keep that dialogue internal. I wrap the half-dissolved unrecognizeable pill in a napkin and I say calmly, "Well, kiddo. We're going to make a little unscheduled stop." In my head I finish the thought, "Before you fucking die on me!"

Ten minutes later, we are at the hospital emergency room. I won't go into details, but after about six hours playing, reading to him and keeping him entertained with duplo blocks and such, the doctor comes back and tells me there's no cause for concern. The tablet was acetaminophen. I'm not sure how they found out that fast, but I'm glad they did. Because it gave me just enough time to stop at the liqur store before they close at 8:00 and pick up a large bottle of something very strong.

I am now officially five years older. :pGlad to hear that your son was ok.

can't deprive the next Generation of NS'er the next Generation of Goofballs. :p

DRUG CLASS AND MECHANISM: Acetaminophen belongs to a class of drugs called analgesics (pain relievers) and antipyretics (fever reducers). The exact mechanism of action of acetaminophen is not known. Acetaminophen relieves pain by elevating the pain threshold, that is, by requiring a greater amount of pain to develop before it is felt by a person. It reduces fever through its action on the heat-regulating center of the brain. Specifically, it tells the center to lower the body's temperature when the temperature is elevated. Acetaminophen was approved by the FDA in 1951.

SIDE EFFECTS: When used appropriately, side effects are rare. The most serious side effect is liver damage due to large doses, chronic use or concomitant use with alcohol or other drugs that also damage the liver.

http://www.medicinenet.com/acetaminophen/article.htm

(Funny, you mentioned alcohol)

DRUG CLASS AND MECHANISM: Acetaminophen belongs to a class of drugs called analgesics (pain relievers) and antipyretics (fever reducers). The exact mechanism of action of acetaminophen is not known. Acetaminophen relieves pain by elevating the pain threshold, that is, by requiring a greater amount of pain to develop before it is felt by a person. It reduces fever through its action on the heat-regulating center of the brain. Specifically, it tells the center to lower the body's temperature when the temperature is elevated. Acetaminophen was approved by the FDA in 1951.

SIDE EFFECTS: When used appropriately, side effects are rare. The most serious side effect is liver damage due to large doses, chronic use or concomitant use with alcohol or other drugs that also damage the liver.

http://www.medicinenet.com/acetaminophen/article.htm

(Funny, you mentioned alcohol)

The alcohol was for me. I don't take the acetaminophen until the morning after. :p

I can imagine your horror but hey, it turned out all right.
Glad your son's good too.

(Funny, you mentioned alcohol)
under normal circumstances, I would assume the Alcohol was for him... but then I forgot that this is LG we're talking about. :p

Nah only joking LG! :D

He likes french ... the pickles on his cheeseburger.
your son is already scaring me :eek:


but yeah, i can see how that would be scary.
glad to hear he's ok... good job the hospital had a good selection of duplo blocks and lego, no? ;

your son is already scaring me :eek:


but yeah, i can see how that would be scary.
glad to hear he's ok... good job the hospital had a good selection of duplo blocks and lego, no? ;

Surprisingly good. *nod*

*looks up Acetaminophen in Wikipedia* Oh, paracetamol. Why does everything have a different name in America? (Does that mean you're deprived of the joke Why's there no aspirin in the jungle? 'Cause the parrots-eat-em-all!?)

*looks up Acetaminophen in Wikipedia* Oh, paracetamol. Why does everything have a different name in America? (Does that mean you're deprived of the joke Why's there no aspirin in the jungle? 'Cause the parrots-eat-em-all!?)

Apparently we are. More's the pity. :p

Pills do look like lollies to kids. Is that place you eat safe? People taking pain killers there ... :)

*looks up Acetaminophen in Wikipedia* Oh, paracetamol. Why does everything have a different name in America? (Does that mean you're deprived of the joke Why's there no aspirin in the jungle? 'Cause the parrots-eat-em-all!?)

The US has to do everything differently, it seems. Quite annoying when it comes to anatomical Latin and drug names, I concur.

By the way, isn't aspirin acetylsalicylic acid, and not paracetamol?

Pills do look like lollies to kids. Is that place you eat safe? People taking pain killers there ... :)

McDonald's? No. It isn't safe. But I expected the danger to come from the food itself. :p

Pills do look like lollies to kids.
I was disturbed by the fact that Ibuprofen tablets (in Britain at least) look exactly like pink smarties (and the sugary coating tastes the same too).

By the way, isn't aspirin acetylsalicylic acid, and not paracetamol?
Yeah, the joke isn't very good.

The US has to do everything differently, it seems. Quite annoying when it comes to anatomical Latin and drug names, I concur.

By the way, isn't aspirin acetylsalicylic acid, and not paracetamol?

Particularly drug names. Throw in the names of generic versions and things get more confusing

I'm gald your son is all fine :) And yeah I imagine how scary it should have been...

If I would be a believer, I would think about a divine punishment for taking him to an infamous place like Mc Donalds ;)

And yeah, nice the hospital had toys, they should all have toys for ill kids, but saddly they don't

Oh yes, Paracetamol and Aspirin are very different but both are analgesics.

Paracetamol C8H9NO2
Aspirin C9H8O4

I can imagine your horror, what if it was ecstasy or something more dangerous?

I can imagine your horror, what if it was ecstasy or something more dangerous?

Hell, my son will be 2 in April. To a kid that young, many things could be dangerous. And in much smaller doses.

Hell, my son will be 2 in April. To a kid that young, many things could be dangerous. And in much smaller doses.

I guess you'll have to watch what he puts in this mouth until he stops automatically trying to suck on everything he finds.

I guess you'll have to watch what he puts in this mouth until he stops automatically trying to suck on everything he finds.

Actually, I was thinking about wiring his jaw shut and feeding him through a tube until he's about ten. :)

Actually, I was thinking about wiring his jaw shut and feeding him through a tube until he's about ten. :)
Nice idea, but you know how the little buggers are - next thing you know, you'll have to get assorted goods extracted from his nose and ears...

Well, nice to know he takes after his father then - in doing the completely wrong thing at the worst possible time. Now we only have to wait for him to start rolling around naked in mud pools.

I am now officially five years older. :p
If your son is that young and this one incident caused you to age five years, then you can expect to age about 50 years in the next few years. I speak from experience.

Note: I doubt your government will advance you social security for your mentally advanced age, but you might want to try. :D

Curses.... foiled again :p

Well, nice to know he takes after his father then - in doing the completely wrong thing at the worst possible time. Now we only have to wait for him to start rolling around naked in mud pools.

Maybe this spring. :)

If your son is that young and this one incident caused you to age five years, then you can expect to age about 50 years in the next few years. I speak from experience.

Note: I doubt your government will advance you social security for your mentally advanced age, but you might want to try. :D

Well, he's my first. I'm probably a bit overprotective. Considering the abuse my genitals have received over the years, he might be the only kid I get. :p

Curses.... foiled again :p

That's probably what my son was thinking when I snatched the pill away. :p

Nice idea, but you know how the little buggers are - next thing you know, you'll have to get assorted goods extracted from his nose and ears...

That's gonna be lots of fun. :)

"You got a what stuck in your where?!? How in the... I didn't think they'd fit in there!" :eek:

My kid is trying to scare me to death!
No offense, but I don't think he's doing a very good job, but who knows? He might get better along the road :p

welcome to parenthood!

its only gonna get worse. not only does he have goofball genes but your sister has every reason to get you back for the things you taught HER kids.

youll get to know the emergency room staff very well.

my son never ever ate anything off the floor or that someone gave him without asking me first. even when he was the age your son is now. i suspected that other adults thought i had beat it into him he was so good about it. he was just a careful kid.

Okay, my son and I went to visit his grandmother yesterday. On the way home, I stop at McDonald's. I don't eat there often, and this was Little Goofball's first visit. He likes french fries and the pickles on his cheeseburger. The rest didn't impress him much. But as I was finishing up, I had him out of my immediate view for perhaps a total of a minute. I hear, 'Yucky'. I look and he has something in his hand. Well, quick as a mongoose, I snatch it away. It's a pill. A partially dissolved pill. Well, as shock and disbelief are still tying to settle into their appropriate slots, I say, "Where did you find this?" He says in a slightly guilty voice, 'Floor'.

Well, there's a voice in my mind that reassures me during moments of crisis and remind me to keep thinking things through in a logical manner. That voice is screamng, "Holy Jumpin' Fuckin JESUS!!!! Oh, my fucking god!!! Holy shitballs on toast! It's a fucking pill!!! OhmygodohmygodohmygodohmyGOD! It could be fuckig anything! ANYTHING! Christ!"

Somehow, out of sheer will, I keep that dialogue internal. I wrap the half-dissolved unrecognizeable pill in a napkin and I say calmly, "Well, kiddo. We're going to make a little unscheduled stop." In my head I finish the thought, "Before you fucking die on me!"

Ten minutes later, we are at the hospital emergency room. I won't go into details, but after about six hours playing, reading to him and keeping him entertained with duplo blocks and such, the doctor comes back and tells me there's no cause for concern. The tablet was acetaminophen. I'm not sure how they found out that fast, but I'm glad they did. Because it gave me just enough time to stop at the liqur store before they close at 8:00 and pick up a large bottle of something very strong.

I am now officially five years older. :p

OMG, I am so glad your kid is okay. I had a "poison control" experience with my kid once and it scared me to death, I was jumpy and anxious for days. I know that it is very scary. I hope that you don't have to go through it again.

it gave me just enough time to stop at the liqur store before they close at 8:00 and pick up a large bottle of something very strong.

I am now officially five years older. :p
So daddy substituted liquor for pills? Tsk. :D

I know that feeling, although with mine it was various foreign substances other than pills. It truly amazes me that their momma still hasn't had a heart attack! Heh!

So, when can we expect to hear about a Mr. Goofballs sueing Mc Donalds?

I don't care if it wasnt their fault, like thats ever stopped anybody.

So daddy substituted liquor for pills? Tsk. :D

I know that feeling, although with mine it was various foreign substances other than pills. It truly amazes me that their momma still hasn't had a heart attack! Heh!

Mama almost had a heart attack just hearing about it! :p

Very glad to hear the little goofball is in goof shape and the big goofball survived and mamma goofball didn't kill papa goofball. My oldest daughter, who is now in law school at night after working all day, use to eat rocks. They gave her worms which we found in her stool. Shocked the heck out of her momma and me. Life goes on.

*looks up Acetaminophen in Wikipedia* Oh, paracetamol. Why does everything have a different name in America? (Does that mean you're deprived of the joke Why's there no aspirin in the jungle? 'Cause the parrots-eat-em-all!?)

Actually in this case Acetaminophen (Tylenol, not Aspirin) was invented in the US by an American. You're the ones with the different name.

*snip
You have great self control..I dunno if I could keep all of the inside dialogue out..I mean damn..if I had a kid and he tried a pill out of no where..I might hyperventilate while driving him to the hospital or something...

Everybody sing along!

Poison is the kind of thing you're not supposed to touch, old prescriptions, cleaning stuff, or spider bites and such. If you swallowed something bad, or think you took too much, call the poison control center hotline, we're the people you can trust

Poison can be anything you're not supposed to take, antifreeze, pesticide, the wrong drug by mistake. If you breathed a nasty chemical, been bitten by a snake, call poison control center hotline, we're here for you night or day.

1-800-222-1222, 1-800-222-1222, if you think it might be poison and you don't know what to do, call 1-800-222-1222


sad thing is that was from memory. I used to like to play under the sink :(

Everybody sing along!

Poison is the kind of thing you're not supposed to touch, old prescriptions, cleaning stuff, or spider bites and such. If you swallowed something bad, or think you took too much, call the poison control center hotline, we're the people you can trust

Poison can be anything you're not supposed to take, antifreeze, pesticide, the wrong drug by mistake. If you breathed a nasty chemical, been bitten by a snake, call poison control center hotline, we're here for you night or day.

1-800-222-1222, 1-800-222-1222, if you think it might be poison and you don't know what to do, call 1-800-222-1222


sad thing is that was from memory. I used to like to play under the sink :(

NICE DUDE!! :cool:

There is an old Russian saying I just remembered: Citizens. Love your grandchildren...THEY'LL GET BACK AT YOUR CHILDREN FOR YOU!!

I can imagine your horror, what if it was ecstasy or something more dangerous?

Haha you can pretty much rest assured it wouldn't be ecstacy or something. People don't just leave pills like that laying around on the Mcdonald's floor :p . Your just lucky it wasn't a cyanide tablet from the ring of a Burger King spy.

Everybody sing along!

Poison is the kind of thing you're not supposed to touch, old prescriptions, cleaning stuff, or spider bites and such. If you swallowed something bad, or think you took too much, call the poison control center hotline, we're the people you can trust

Poison can be anything you're not supposed to take, antifreeze, pesticide, the wrong drug by mistake. If you breathed a nasty chemical, been bitten by a snake, call poison control center hotline, we're here for you night or day.

1-800-222-1222, 1-800-222-1222, if you think it might be poison and you don't know what to do, call 1-800-222-1222


sad thing is that was from memory. I used to like to play under the sink :(

hey, when I had my scare with my kid all I could remember was that stupid song, and the number. I am thankful for it, if it hadn't been beaten into my subconcious panic would have taken over and God knows what might have happened.

hey, when I had my scare with my kid all I could remember was that stupid song, and the number. I am thankful for it, if it hadn't been beaten into my subconcious panic would have taken over and God knows what might have happened.
it really is catchy...I have it stuck in my head now. And atleast they got a nice number that is pretty easy to remember (considering I have watched people forget the number for 911 in a panic)

Do the smoking cure make him eat ALL the pills you can find.
It'll do him a world of good! ;)

it really is catchy...I have it stuck in my head now. And atleast they got a nice number that is pretty easy to remember (considering I have watched people forget the number for 911 in a panic)
yeah. I actually called 911 and they told me to call poison control, as I hung up I was trying to remember "what's that stupid song?" then I did, they answered first ring, and helped me out big time.

My mom has a pill box in her purse that she keeps misc. meds in, my daughter got into it while I was cooking dinner and ate ( I am still not sure how many) Advil, because she thought they were M&M's. I was so mad at my mom, for leaving pills where my kiddos could get them, she keeps them in a childproof bottle now and locks her purse in the trunk when she comes to visit.

yeah. I actually called 911 and they told me to call poison control, as I hung up I was trying to remember "what's that stupid song?" then I did, they answered first ring, and helped me out big time.

My mom has a pill box in her purse that she keeps misc. meds in, my daughter got into it while I was cooking dinner and ate ( I am still not sure how many) Advil, because she thought they were M&M's. I was so mad at my mom, for leaving pills where my kiddos could get them, she keeps them in a childproof bottle now and locks her purse in the trunk when she comes to visit.
I did almost the exact thing as your kid...they really do look like candy...and the ones I took were kinda sweet. Luckily, I was sucking on it instead of swallowing it.

I did almost the exact thing as your kid...they really do look like candy...and the ones I took were kinda sweet. Luckily, I was sucking on it instead of swallowing it.
yeah, the poison control guy said the coating is sweet, but once she bit into it, that is sour and burns your mouth, so he doubts that she actually ate more than one (probably not even one after that first bite) so we kept an eye on her and she seemed fine. It bothers me though still (2 years later) that I don't know if she ate any or not because my mom didn't keep "inventory" of how many were in there.

yeah, the poison control guy said the coating is sweet, but once she bit into it, that is sour and burns your mouth, so he doubts that she actually ate more than one (probably not even one after that first bite) so we kept an eye on her and she seemed fine. It bothers me though still (2 years later) that I don't know if she ate any or not because my mom didn't keep "inventory" of how many were in there.
eh...I guess with a pill like aspirin, there are so many that few people would really keep trach...

the one I took was doxycycline (oddly, I ended up having it as an RX a few years later), but had I taken it dry and had it catch in my throat, it could have burned a hole (as I almost had happen when it was my RX). Most meds are very bitter/potent, so I guess that is pretty lucky.

eh...I guess with a pill like aspirin, there are so many that few people would really keep trach...
yeah, it's probably that I am weird but I can tell you how many pills are in each of my pill bottles without looking, they are up high, but if some reason my kids got into them I would know immediatly how many were missing, my mom thinks I am crazy.

Well, he's my first. I'm probably a bit overprotective. Considering the abuse my genitals have received over the years, he might be the only kid I get. :p
I have it on good authority that by the time you've got six, you won't care what they're eating, especially if you have them close together.

Excellent crisis management, LG. Remind me to sit next to you if we're ever on the same hi-jacked plane. Because I would have freaked the fuck out if I'd been in your spot.

yeah, it's probably that I am weird but I can tell you how many pills are in each of my pill bottles without looking, they are up high, but if some reason my kids got into them I would know immediatly how many were missing, my mom thinks I am crazy.
Yeah, well, you can remind your mom that it wasn't your pills your kid swallowed.

yeah, it's probably that I am weird but I can tell you how many pills are in each of my pill bottles without looking, they are up high, but if some reason my kids got into them I would know immediatly how many were missing, my mom thinks I am crazy.
my family is pretty weird in the exact opposite respect...we have huge numbers of RX drugs from percocet to Vioxx...they are in a high shelf, but not locked up...we don't know the numbers, and if I really wanted, I could easily take some and sell them/take them. I guess it is part of being raised in a medical household that I just understood from a young age that you don't eat a pill (despite that one time, and the pill really did just look like a candy) nor do you take them and distribute them. Even if I have a friend over and they want a tylenol, I will never let them go get one. I have to go get it and make sure to check the lable (we have the samples, so they are pretty clearly labled, but I really don't need to accidentally give someone a tylenol with codine or something like that, or have them grab something by mistake and have the potential for big problems.)

my family is pretty weird in the exact opposite respect...we have huge numbers of RX drugs from percocet to Vioxx...they are in a high shelf, but not locked up...we don't know the numbers, and if I really wanted, I could easily take some and sell them/take them. I guess it is part of being raised in a medical household that I just understood from a young age that you don't eat a pill (despite that one time, and the pill really did just look like a candy) nor do you take them and distribute them. Even if I have a friend over and they want a tylenol, I will never let them go get one. I have to go get it and make sure to check the lable (we have the samples, so they are pretty clearly labled, but I really don't need to accidentally give someone a tylenol with codine or something like that, or have them grab something by mistake and have the potential for big problems.)
yeah, I have a lot of narcotics because of a bad knee, and such, and my hubby has crohns so he is on a lot of meds right now (some of them even cancer meds) because we are trying to avoid colectomy. I need to clean out my med box I suppose I bet I have meds in there from 2 years ago :eek:

yeah, I have a lot of narcotics because of a bad knee, and such, and my hubby has crohns so he is on a lot of meds right now (some of them even cancer meds) because we are trying to avoid colectomy. I need to clean out my med box I suppose I bet I have meds in there from 2 years ago :eek:
haha...most families clean out their med cabinet...my family adds to it despite not having RX's for most of them (the companies give my dad samples, and many come home incase we need them. I even have a few zpaks [antibiotics] up here incase I get sick [came in handy this week]). I have my Rx med samples out in the open up here, but I know who goes into that area of my room, and know exactly how many of each med I have (not to mention, I don't have any that have fun side effects)