Pam here.

Thank Heaven for DVR. With all the hype about the Lost premier that has been building over the last nine months, I was looking forward to curling up and watching it uninterrupted at my parent’s house. (Trav is TDY in Mississippi for three weeks and I really needed a break from hotel-life for a bit). Needless to say, I was not anticipating spending half the night in the ER with Brenden.

Long story short: Brenden must’ve thought grandpa’s blood pressure medication looked like yummy candy. When the pill went missing all eyes turned to Brenden who was chewing on something.

A side note.  Mine and Trav’s daily dialogue usually goes something like this:

Q: “What’s in Brenden’s mouth?!”
A: “What IS that?!” or “Where the hell did that come from?!”

Anyway, I rushed over to him, stuck my finger in his mouth (to have it promptly get chomped on) and pull out white residue. I tried it and it tasted very bitter and mediciney. Missing pill + bitter residue in mouth + 1½-year-old mischievous toddler = recipe for disaster.

A frantic call to Poison Control later instructed us to get him to the ER. I packed him up quickly and rushed him over there. Poison Control alerted the hospital to expect us and by the time we got there they had all their toddler-size equipment ready and waiting.

The course of action called for a yummy shot of charcoal and monitoring of his vitals for six hours. He downed the sticky charcoal mixture with no problem. The nurses all seemed surprised he liked it so much. I tried it and it was sickingly sweet… surprise, surprise.

Here’s Brenden’s best impression of The Crow:

And the aftermath approximately 3 hours later:

The ER staff were all really accommodating and seemed truly entertained by Brenden. I really began to believe he was their “best patient ever!” A guilty-feeling Grandpa brought up the pack-n-play and Brenden’s favorite woobies with all hopes I could get him to sleep for a bit. Alas, he didn’t sleep a wink and was beyond slap-happy by the time we got discharged at midnight.

(PS: pictures are not the best quality since they were taken with my camera phone)

Brenden’s blood pressure and vitals were good the entire time we were there and they released him with no concern. We acted quickly enough so that the medicine didn’t have enough time to do any serious damage. I’m just grateful nothing more serious happened. I think it goes without saying that we’re both a little on the tired side today… seems like a good day to veg out and get a little Lost!