I'm sad to say that I can no longer say with pride "My child has never tasted of lighter fluid." The evening of June 22 started without consequence. Dane was preparing to grill up some steak while I prepared the potatoes inside. We were getting ready to have our friends, the Krantz's, over for a little bar-b-que. Aunt Karlyn came over, too and was helping watch Ty and Libby. We all know how crazy it can get, and before we knew it, Karlyn saw Ty with the lighter fluid bottle throwing it down on the ground and then spitting and coughing. Ty came inside and Karlyn called 911 while I took care of Ty (nursing instinct taking over). Dane freaked out a little bit (who can blame him) and then the Krantz's came just as 911 told us to go to the hospital. So Karlyn and I took him to Upstate Hospital because they have a pediatric emergency room there. We told Ty on the way that we were going to the hospital and he asked "Mommy's hospital?" No, we told him, a hospital for Ty. To which he replied, "A fun hospital?" Ummm...yeah. Well, we took him in and they got him on the monitor pretty quickly. I was really proud of him for acting so well around all the chaos. Hoping that they would just take a chest x-ray and then we'd be done, we were a little disappointed when we found out that we would have to stay (per poison control's advice) for 6 more hours and then do a follow-up chest x-ray. Well, Karlyn left, then my Dad came for a little while bringing with him some food. However, Ty threw up twice while we were there so we had to stop eating. Luckily, we have some friends at church who are residents at the hospital and they came and gave Ty a blessing (thanks Jeff and Spencer!). Also, we passed the time watching Pirates of the Caribbean. Ty got some sleep while we were there (I couldn't though) and after we got the all clear from the follow-up chest x-ray, Dr. Sadowitz said that we were good to go!
We got home at about 2am and I don't think that Ty understood how time had passed...he still expected the Krantz's to be there and for Daddy and Libby to be up, too. He walked inside saying, "Hello? Hello?" It was so cute. Well, Libby did wake up and they played for a little bit and then both were exhausted so we all went to bed around 3am.
Today Ty saw the lighter fluid and said "Daddy, yuck." I guess he's learned his lesson.
Overall:
Time spent in the Emergency Room: 8 hours
Cost of Copay: $50
Cost of parking: $14
Having a child who's fearless and will try anything once: Priceless
4 comments:
Oh my gosh!!! How scary. You guys sure handled it well though. Poor Ty.
Merci sakes alive!! Thank goodness that everything turn out on a positive note.
Dad
Glad to hear Ty's ok. And glad to see you hear in the blog world!
well, looks like Ty has begun the long journey of being like his mom - getting to know the ER staff all over Syracuse!
maybe Ty did it because someone told him that drinking lighter fluid could make him breathe fire...i can see David telling our kids that!
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