Monday: Vomit, Tuesday: Poison Control....

After a day like yesterday, one would think it can't get much worse...right??? Not so much.... I was tired and unmotivated when I woke up, but I knew that I had to run some paperwork over to the school board office. It was due today...I didn't have a choice. Perhaps I shouldn't have procrastinated and then I could have stayed at home in my pajamas.

All went well untill we got back to Janet's house. The thought was that I'd change diapers there and then load up and go home so I could put the kids right to bed. Not the case. Janet and I turned our backs for a few seconds and in walks Malachi with cat litter all over his hands and face and....in his mouth!!! I had the baby wipes next to me so I grabbed and handfull and cleaned him up. We immediately went to the car to go home...I was stressed out! The reasons...1. My son just ate from a dirty litter box. 2. I'm not sure how much he ate and if it was just litter or had some kitty chunks too. 3. I know that pregnant women shouldn't be around cat litter, but what about young children???

As I'm loading the kids, Janet calls our lovely local ER to ask if Malachi should be seen or not, as this wasn't something we were really familiar with how to deal with. Their answer, "We can not give medical advice over the phone." Are you flipping kidding me??????? We're not looking for a diagnosis, just an idea if he should be brought in...so much for an on call doctor at the ER. DUH!!!

Then I call my own doctor's office and talk to the nurse who has helped a lot in the medical care of the triplets. She gave me the number for poison control and told me to call them. I called them and had a drawn out conversations with them where I had to ask for clarification several times and I had to repeat what I was saying lots of time. It seems that the lady I got was not very good at speaking and understanding English. Long story short.....they said to watch for a fever, rash, and swollen glands in his neck. I'm thinking..."great, my kids has a cold which involves a fever and swollen glands...I guess I'll watch for a rash." I head home and put the kids to sleep.

Nap Time Activities:

• I try to renew my McAfee security online three times and each time I get a system error message. I call them and get a nice man who seems very helpful, but is very hard to understand. After a very long conversations with him we get things figured out. Next I uninstall one McAfee program and then install a new one. A bizillion restarts later, the kids are waking up and my computer is finally updated and protected once again.
• The phone rings...it's poison control calling to check on Malachi. Oh, how nice...they are checking on him. That's wonderful....or so I thought. Here's our conversation....

Lady: Hello, Sharon?

Me: Yes.

Lady: This is (so and so...I can't remember her name) from poison control. How's your daughter?

Me: My SON is currently sleeping and seems to be fine.

Lady: What did he get into again?

Me: Cat litter.

Lady: You know what to look for?!?!?! (not sure if this was a statement or question).

Me: Yes.

Lady: Okay, bye. ***click***

How frustrating! First of all Malachi is a BOY which makes him my SON. Second of all, you have all the information written in front of you so why act like you don't have a clue. So annoying.....

So, the kids wake up. Malachi seems to be doing well. We'll keep an eye on him for a couple of days and hope for the best. I know some day this will all be funny, but right now I'm so annoyed and irritated that I can't see the humor! Maybe tomorrow....

Speaking of tomorrow. I plan to stay in my pajamas and never leave the comfort of my own home...no matter what. With vomitting on Monday and eating cat litter on Tuesday, I'm terrified at what Wednesday will bring. Anyone know of a place I can buy a little bubble to keep my children in????