The boys and I went to Walmart yesterday, and picked up some groceries. Right now they're into eating chicken, so we stocked up on chicken beast, chicken tenders and things like that.
At dinner tonight, Gavin wanted to make himself some chicken tenders. He took a couple large ones from the bag and *heated *them up in the microwave. He's capable of using the microwave or toaster oven.
After he was done, I put some in the air fryer for Emmett and as I was putting the bag back in the freezer, I noticed that the bag said *ready to cook, raw chicken. *
As soon as I saw that, I ran into the other room to stop Gavin. I yelled at him to stop eating..
When I looked at his plate, he only had one bite left and that one bite was raw. My reaction wasn't the best but I was completely thrown and just reacted. I said, *OMG... Gavin you ate raw chicken. *
He had no idea what that meant but my reaction freaked him out..
Lizze called poison control and I tried calling his pediatrician's office but they were closed. I then called his immunologist because she's the one doctor who's very connected to all he has going on.
When she called back, she didn't even know what to say.
Looking at it strictly from a salmonella angle, we won't know anything for up to three days. We talked about inducing vomiting because that would get it out of his system but decided against it. If he vomits, we run the very real risk of causing an autonomic crisis.
We also thought about trying to speed up his digestive system with milk of magnesia but ended up scratching that off the list. If he takes milk of magnesia and ends up with diarrhea, we won't know if it's the medicine or salmonella related.
Shit...This sucks because the best option is to hurry up and wait. If you've been reading for awhile, you may remember that I hate everything about *hurry up and wait. *
The plan at this point is to keep him hydrated. If he shows any signs of nausea, cramping or straight up vomiting, we go straight to the emergency room.
Here's the thing about salmonella. While most people won't get sick, the ones that do, will be sick for about seven days. The scary part is that salmonella can be fatal for the very old, very young and those with compromised immune systems. Gavin certainly qualifies.
He just had his IVIG infusion tonight and hopefully, that will help. He did go to bed with a bad headache but it could be from the infusion.
We made it very clear to Gavin that he needs to tell us if anything feels funny.
If he's still okay by Tuesday, I think we're in the clear. There are a great many unknown factors. He's chronically constipated and we don't know if that will complicate anything.
At this point, he's sleeping and that's a good thing. This isn't the best way to begin the weekend but why not, things weren't already hard enough. lol
I'm not insensitive to this whole thing but if I don't have a sense of humor, I'll go crazy...
