Emily in the ER

So Emily took her first trip to the ER, can't believe she made it 16 months! When I shower I give her a toothbrush with a little toothpaste and turn on the water for her. She brushes her teeth usually the whole time. Well somehow, I must have left the cap off of the toothpaste because when I got out she was very very fussy. I couldn't figure out what was wrong, all the sudden she was very lethargic and clingy to me, then she threw up. It smelled awefully minty, and that is when it clicked. I ran to the bathroom and sure enough she had sucked it down. I wasn't sure how much she ate, but there was more than half the tube missing. I called poison control and they said for her weight that the amount she had can be very toxic, and because she had allready thrown up once, it is cause for more concern. They said we needed to take her to ER. So we took her to the ER and shew threw up 2 more times, they took her blood and gave her an IV. The first test results came back that her calcium and potassium were just a little high. We had to wait there for 3 more hours so they could test her blood again to make sure the levels were going down, not up. They did go down and after 6 hours of being there, we got to go home. She was so good and cute there. She even took 2 naps! WOW! Thanks to Dr. Dallin and the staff at our ER they were so nice and attentive to her the whole time! Emily and her little bandages from IV and blood work!



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