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It started like this:
"Mommy, I ate a rock." Picture child with blue and green crystals in
his teeth and around the mouth.
"What rock? Show me." Picture mother's heart beginning to race.
He walks her to the kitchen, over by the pantry where the snack cuppard is, and points to the snack pack appearing open thing of D-Con Mice Poison. "There."
Mom panicks. Lifts child over sick, turns on water, and starts saying, "Spit it out, spit it out, spit it out." over and over and over again. Grabs the package and the docs business card that sits in the window sill of said kitchen where all things that must not be lost go.
WARNING TO ALL CAREGIVERS OF CHILDREN: DCON rat/mice bait self contained packs which seem like a good idea because the chemicals are not out in the open and there is no trap to snap little fingers off looks JUST LIKE an oversized package of fruit snacks or a small version of teddy grahams.
The summary of this is that he ate just a couple. The active ingredient is a blood thinner. Poison control says it would take more than a 1 oz. pack to hurt a 34 lb child. Even a non-explorer as Jackson is can pull the packet out of the deep hole between the pantry wall and the outer house wall if it looks like a fruit snack. The tele-nurse will lecture you about active children and poisons in the house. About the need to lecture your child about putting strange things in his mouth.
Question: When I was growing up in Indiana, we had Mr. Yuck stickers everywhere. All child related groups (docs, school, day car, sports teams) gave them out. They were round bright orange or neon green, with a "happy face" type guy making a yucky face. Parents stuck them on anything potentially poisonous. Did you have Mr. Yuck, or was it just an Indiana thing?
I want him back.
2 comments:
HOLY RAT POISON, BATMAN!
I would have crapped my pants. OMG. Poor you.
We had Mr. Yuck, but of course not until elementary school.
ditto to Kim's comment. I am glad Jacks is OK>
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