Traumatic Weekend

On Sunday, July 13th, Heather and Jonah came over for dinner while Tadd went to visit with his dad. When we were cleaning up in the bedroom, I asked Jones to go behind the bed and get me a box lid for a game. Jonah crawled around behind and immediately began crying and stuck his tongue out. His saliva had the evidence of a white pill that he had put in his mouth. It tasted really nasty to him. The reality registered that this was probably one of my blood pressure medications. Later when I checked my pills, I determined it had tot be Atenenol since it dissolved upon biting into it. Heather reacted so quickly. She put her finger in his mouth and pulled as much of the foaming saliva out that she could. We washed his mouth out with water and she put her finger down his throat and made him throw up twice. I called poison control and they said he had to be monitored for 6 hrs. Grant and Tadd gave him a blessing and then Heather and Tadd took him to the new Gateway Hospital. They put them in a room in the emergency room and did an EKG. Then they hooked him up to a heart monitor and put the IV tube in just in case they needed it. Tadd held him to comfort him and Jonah fell asleep. About 1:30 in the morning, they determined that because his heart rate had dropped to the 50's and 60's and he had an irregular heart beat, they should move him to Banner Dobson. Dobson has a pediatric unit with a pediatric cardiologist on staff. They moved him by ambulance so they could keep the monitors on him. Tadd rode in the ambulance and Heather and I followed in separate cars. Jonah was admitted into the pediatric unit. Jonah slept during the ambulance ride but woke up when they had to take all his vitals. They put a hospital gown on him and then Heather held him. He looked up at her and said, "Mom, this is so scary!" It was heart-renching. Heather climbed into the small hospital bed with Jonah and held him close to comfort him. She is expecting Sage in about 4 weeks. Heather, Tadd, and Jones finally got some sleep. About 3 am, his heart rate began to go up. By 5 am, he had stabilized. At 7 am. the nurse said he was doing good. I am so grateful to Heavenly Father that he blessed Jonah to be able to throw off the bad effects of the pill. After we did all we knew to do, Heavenly Father granted Jonah a blessing to get well. When he woke in the morning, he was his usual lively, active self. He ate some breakfast and ran around the pediatric unit.l The doctor released him to go home about 10 am. Heather took him for a follow up visit to his pediatrician and they gave him a clean bill of health. Thank you God!