Im writing this because this just happened lastnight
My kitchen sink was blocked so i went to the supermarrket and got some drano
my 16 year old son wanted to read the instructions and unblock the sink himself
that was fine as I think hes very
responsible ( under supervision) and needs to learn how to do things as hes becomming a young man .
It all went well and the sink unblocked .
But there was a coupple of little beads from the pack that did drop on the floor
I told him that things like this needs to be attended to right away and the floor has to be cleaned as well as surrounding benches
this was cleaned and checked straight away .
I have a two year old and dont want him to be picking up anything either with his hands or off his shoes etc,,
what i didnt think of is that the little beads that also cant get caught in your sleeves
.What happened
My two year old is not allowed in the kitchen without any body else there , even know things are locked up so he cant get into them its a place as a few others places in my home that hes not allowed to go into alone and the door has to be closed when no ones in any of those rooms so he can be kept an eye on at all times .
he was at the kitchen table with his older brother eating his dinner
my two year old came running into the lounge room crying and pointing to his mouth saying it hurts
i looked inside his mouth and even know i saw nothing and also questioned his older brother as to why he thinks he is crying all of a suddern. he had no idea and said he was happy chatting away eating etc,, and the next moment he got off the chair and ran to me crying
The light bulb in my head went on 
I said to my older son it has to be the drano ,
we told him to drink water and he did cups of it while he was in tears while i was working out if it was the drano or not.
( THIS MAY BE HARDER TO DO IF YOUR CHILD IS ALOT YOUNGER OR TOO UPSET )
i went to the spot that he had been eating his dinner and right next to his plate there was one very small drano bead
how it got there at the other side of the kitchen I could only guess ,
the small bead must of got on my sons clothes and when he also went to sit down to eat it fell off onto the table
I have no idea as how it got into his food etc,, just a guess that as it rolled onto the kitchen table it must of also either got onto my two year olds sleeves and fell into his food or his spoon
it was just one ever soo small drano bead ..and there was just one other next to his food
we read the back of the drano box and did what it said to do incase TAKEN
drink lots of water do not induce vomiting and please go to the hospital if you feel that your child is either having a bad reaction or has had more that you think hes had , THERES IS ALSO A POISION CENTRE YOU CAN CALL ITS ALSO WRITTEN ON THE BACK OF THE BOX
I watched him very closely for a few hours and after about half an hour i did notice a red spot on his toungue ,HE ENDED UP SLEEPING WITH ME LASTNIGHT SO I COULD KEEP A VERY CLOSE EYE ON HIM
lucky it all turned out well and he didnt need to go to hospital or anything worse ,
THIS MORNING HE IS HIS HAPPY SELF,THERE IS THE EVDICENCE OF WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM ,, THE RED SPOT ON HIS TONGUE AND ITS HUGE .i WILL BE TAKING HIM TO THE LOCAL DOCTOR JUST FOR A CHECK UP TODAY EVEN KNOW EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BE FINE .
YOU JUST CANT BE TOO CAREFUL ENOUGH WITH YOUR CHILDREN
THIS WAS A VERY SMALL BEAD AND HE DIDNT JUST PICK IT UP TO EAT IT
IT GOTINTO HIS FOOD BY OTHER MEANS
ROLL ALL SLEEVES UP AND ONLY DO THIS OVER THE SINK.
AND REMEMBER YOU JUST CAN NEVER BE TOO CAREFUL XXX
other things to also watch out for on this link .
http://www.alaskawellness.com/nov-dec99/toxic.htm
(July 2007) (
Lexi xxx
