Panic!

Don't worry, everyone's fine.

We just had a little bit of a scare tonight. I got off the phone and it was strangely quiet in the house.

"Katie, where are you?"

Silence.

"Katie??!"

thump thump thump of footsteps.

"I drinkin' medicine, Mommy!"

The child drank 3/4 of a bottle of children's ibuprofen that I thought was safely out of reach. Needless to say, I called 911 and we spent our evening in the ER of Connecticut Children's Medical Center. First time I've ever been in an ambulance. They took Mommy's pulse to show Katie the finger clippie thingie was nothing to be scared of... 115. Yeah, Mommy had a little adrenaline going. Just a wee bit.

I can't say enough about our town's first responders - they were there within probably 2 minutes of when I picked up the phone - or the children's hospital. They were very good either her and got us all packed up (because, of course, I was home alone with the kids - John was at a wake in New Haven) and in the ambulance quickly.

She showed no ill effects at all, thank God. And we're all home now several hours and much adrenaline later.