In the ER....again!

It seems as though we can't live a dull, boring life no matter how hard we try!  We just had our 4th visit to the ER in 6 months and this one required an overnight stay!

We went to NE this past weekend for a craft fair.  Saturday was 80 degrees and so nice and Sunday there was a blizzard.  Hello, spring.  Our goal was to leave Sunday after lunch and as we got on the road I was pretty nervous.  It was slow going and shortly after we got onto the interstate, traffic came to a stand still.  We sat there for 30 minutes.  When we finally got moving again, there were 4 semis that had crashed/slid into each other and we began to talk about continuing our trip to Denver.  We decided to turn around and head back to Kearney and 2 hours later we made the 30 mile trip.  As we got back to Kearney, the interstate was shut down and we decided to stay the night and leave Monday morning.

So, Monday morning Jeff was repacking the car and came into the house to find Siahna will a pill bottle in her hand.  A high dose, slow release blood pressure pill!  We fished half a pill out of her mouth but had no way of telling how many more she had eaten.  Jeff called poison control and told them the name of the prescription and they asked how close we were to a hospital.  Jeff said, "5 minutes."  They said, "Good.  You won't need to call an ambulance then.  Get her to the ER."

Siahna had to have her stomach pumped and had a bunch of liquid charcoal put in her stomach to absorb anything they might have missed.  And because it was a slow release pill, they wanted to keep her overnight to monitor her vitals and make sure there wasn't any in her system that would take affect later.

Before they pumped her stomach.

At least we had a room with a view!  The helicopter landed and took off right outside our window.

She thought she was a queen for a day - breakfast in bed and movies all day.

Thankfully, there were no effects from the pills and we got released Tuesday morning.  She is doing well (back to her naughty self) and we have a follow-up appointment with her doctor next week.  The only lasting effects of her stay in the hospital is getting all that liquid charcoal out of her system.