Guest guest Posted February 4, 2005 Report Share Posted February 4, 2005 Last night we started Wy on his new seizure med, which is actually an old med that he is restarting. Anyways the med comes in liquid form and was labelled in mililiters and we were to give it in miligrams. So we figured out the dosage to be .5 cc's which seemed too small to us so we gave him 5 cc's. Right after we gave it to him we realized the .5ccs was the right amount. So I called the neuro immediately. She had never given a patient such a large dosage and she was unsure of what to expect so she had me call poison control while she called the pharmacy. She called me back and we had all agreed that he would be very drowsy but should be fine. Well the neuro was still unsure so she called poison control herself and gave them a little more info on Wyatt's background. Within 4 minutes she called us back to tell us that poison control felt that he should be monitored in the hospital due to his diagnosis. So at 12:30 at night Wy was readmitted. So frustrating! But the real kicker is the drug had the opposite affect on Wyatt. He barely slept at the hospital and has not fallen asleep yet today. The only emotion I have left in me after this week is laughter. So here I am laughing about the whole situation. I think our neuro and poison control think I have totally lost it. Oh well! Geri-Anne and Wyatt, Complex I Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 4, 2005 Report Share Posted February 4, 2005 Last night we started Wy on his new seizure med, which is actually an old med that he is restarting. Anyways the med comes in liquid form and was labelled in mililiters and we were to give it in miligrams. So we figured out the dosage to be .5 cc's which seemed too small to us so we gave him 5 cc's. Right after we gave it to him we realized the .5ccs was the right amount. So I called the neuro immediately. She had never given a patient such a large dosage and she was unsure of what to expect so she had me call poison control while she called the pharmacy. She called me back and we had all agreed that he would be very drowsy but should be fine. Well the neuro was still unsure so she called poison control herself and gave them a little more info on Wyatt's background. Within 4 minutes she called us back to tell us that poison control felt that he should be monitored in the hospital due to his diagnosis. So at 12:30 at night Wy was readmitted. So frustrating! But the real kicker is the drug had the opposite affect on Wyatt. He barely slept at the hospital and has not fallen asleep yet today. The only emotion I have left in me after this week is laughter. So here I am laughing about the whole situation. I think our neuro and poison control think I have totally lost it. Oh well! Geri-Anne and Wyatt, Complex I Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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