We have much to be thankful for...

Well, our Thanksgiving promised to be full of good food, family and football, but an unexpected trip to the hospital kept us for over six hours! DS 1 got into his Pop-Pop's pill box and could have potentially taken up to 8 different kinds of medications...how scared we were! DH called Poison Control right away, who urged us to go to the nearest hospital...we went to Lakeview Hospital in Stillwater where they administered oral charcoal. Then, we were transported by ambulance to Children's Hospital in St. Paul where he was placed on a heart monitor for 6 hours. There are many things to be thankful for during this whole situation...all the doctors, nurses and EMTs who took such great care of DS...DS who was so brave and took a whole lot of YUCKY charcoal like a big boy...that DS had no ill effects of the medication...that DH got to watch, in the hospital room, his favorite team - Dallas Cowboys - win the game...that my 3 beautiful nieces (my DNs :-) ) made all the Thanksgiving fixings and everyone waited for us to return from the hospital. Later, Thanksgiving evening, with clear minds, we were able to determine the exact missing pills...3 of them...we found tiny bits of a Tenormin on the floor...probably spit out due to bitterness...the other two missing were a Paxil and a Micardis. The doctors said because we got the charcoal into him quickly - within 30 minutes, it helped bind the medications in his stomach. He slept a wee more Friday and today...but that's ok, it kept him out of trouble! Yes, we have much to be thankful for. We are praising God for His kindness and protection over our little one!