Jeannie G wrote on Sunday, July 30,11:04 PM
Subject: [Autism-Mercury] Re: swallowing capsules (Don't laugh!)


> You guys are brave ! Scenario at our house:
>
> Pill, syringe or spoon w/meds comes out...Son dashes around the house
> screaming noooooooo ( big house..tile floors......loud noise ).
> Child runs into a room and is cornered . Medicine goes into his
> mouth....medicine comes out a minute later in huge projectile vomit.
> Hose down child and floors .
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Diana from Kansas here:

My son was a projectile vomit machine when he drank milk (many years ago-9)
but ANYHOOOO there were a couple of meds which he just could not stand and
would vomit them up. I took to giving him a few drops of it in a syringe,
waiting for the inevitable vomit, giving him a couple more drops until gag
reflex was dry. Then I'd give him the rest of the dose and a very small
drink of water. Since it's not safe to give the whole dose again (even if
you're pretty sure it's all over the floor, he may have absorbed some), I
felt like this was the safest way to go. I did load the syringe a LITTLE
heavy for ex., if he was supposed to have 10 cc's, I put in 11 and counted
that extra cc as my contribution to the toilet.

Bye-bye............from Di ;+)
(Special Ed. teacher & Mom to 10 year Eric)

"Reasonable people adapt themselves to the world. Unreasonable
people attempt to adapt the world to themselves. All progress,
therefore, depends on unreasonable people."
-George Bernard Shaw, on Progress