Pretty sure that in the last three days Caelan has ingested several biohazards... or at least that could be hazardous to her health (or if you choose to think positively, things that will increase her immune system to bionic levels). And it all comes down to her new 'trick' of getting into something she is KNOWS she is not to get (well, aside from her licking raw pork). Picture her sticking her skinny arm through the small gap of a cabinet door. The gap, of course, is caused by the lock the we placed on it years ago. The tips of her fingers graze the edge of the dish washing soap. That's good enough. She thinks they are pretty. I get the Cascade kind that come in the little square packages, one side is the white powder and the other side is the pretty pink gel. She tried to eat it. Considering it's soap, I wasn't too concerned. Matter of fact, I sat on the stairs and laughed in her face as she was foaming at the mouth and spit was streaming down her arms, hanging off her elbows. It was two days before she tried anything like that. Then today happened.
So far I've taken away nasal spray that she climbed up into my bathroom cabinet to retrieve and the cough medicine she found in the upper cabinet in the kitchen (thank goodness that one is childproof... or I should say is still something Caelan hasn't figured out how to open). But then she came to me, once again with an abundance of spit covering her arms and face. All she says is 'It's tewwible and it's burning my lips'. Wonderful. The substance smelled slightly familiar, as I mentally calculated all the substances that she could have possible gotten into. Well, it would appear that several days ago, she took the air freshener card out of the SUV and hid it for a while. She decided it smelled so good, she had to bite it. Sigh. As she sat on the couch, holding a wet paper towel to her lips, I immediately updated my Speed Dial to include Poison Control.
