Cathy in IL
02-04-2008, 12:18 AM
My dd (9) seems fine now. 7pm tonight I gave her Tylenol with codeine because the toddler I am caring for threw a bottle of juice at her foot earlier and her toe still hurt a lot. We have the Tylenol with codeine in the house b/c of my ds with sickle cell. The ER I called didn't think a dose could hurt her. Anyway, I gave it to her, and half an hour later she starts coughing and throwing up. She just couldn't seem to get her breath. I called the ER back, and they told me to call paramedics. They took her to the closest ER not our usual hospital. They were able to get her under control with more albuterol, Benadryl, and prednisilone. What they did worked, but they don't know what caused it. She is on oral steroids for the next several days. I will call her doctor in the morning.
It was a crazy night. It all came out of nowhere. Snow was falling fast and heavy. My car was buried under 10-12 inches of snow. To top it off I was home alone with 5 small children and all my sitters were unreachable. Thankfully my neighbors were home. I left three of the little ones with them and took my little guy with all the allergies and sickle cell. I am really worn out.
It was a crazy night. It all came out of nowhere. Snow was falling fast and heavy. My car was buried under 10-12 inches of snow. To top it off I was home alone with 5 small children and all my sitters were unreachable. Thankfully my neighbors were home. I left three of the little ones with them and took my little guy with all the allergies and sickle cell. I am really worn out.