Hand Sanitizer

Subject: Hand Sanitizer> >> >I know many of you have kids and grandkids and this could be important to > >you.> >> >> >http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/sanitizer.asp> >> >I just verified on Snopes.com (above) - it's true.> >> >> > >OK. I don't know where to begin because the last 2 days of my life> > >have been such a blur. Yesterday, My youngest daughter Halle who is 4,> >> > >was rushed to the emergency room by her father for being severely> > >lethargic and incoherent. He was called to her school by the school> > >secretary for being "very VERY sick." He told me that when he arrived> > >that Halle was barely sitting in the chair. She couldn't hold her own> > >head up and when he looked into her eyes, she couldn't focus them. He> > >immediately called me after he scooped her up and rushed her to the ER.> >> > >When we got there, they ran blood test after blood test and did x-rays,> >!> > > ;every test imaginable. Her white blood cell count was normal, nothing> > >was out of the ordinary. The ER doctor told us that he had done> > >everything that he could do so he was sending her to Saint Francis for> > >further test. Right when we were leaving in the ambulance, her teacher> > >had come to the ER and after questioning Halle's classmates, we found> > >out that she had licked hand sanitizer off her hand. Hand sanitizer,> > >of all things. But it makes sense. These days they have all kinds of> > >different scents and when you have a curious child, they are going to> > >put all kinds of things in their mouths. When we arrived at Saint> > >Francis, we told the ER doctor there to check her blood alcohol level,> > >which, yes we did get weird looks from it but they did it. The results> >> > >were her blood alcohol level was 85% and this was 6 hours after we> > >first took her. There's no telling what it would have been ! if we w ould> >> > >have tested it at the first ER. Since then, her school and a few> > >surrounding schools have taken t his out of the classrooms of all the> > >lower grade classes but what's to stop middle and high schoolers too?> > >After doing research off the internet, we have found out that it only> > >takes 3 squirts of the stuff to be fatal in a toddler. For her blood> > >alcohol level to be so high was to compare someone her size to drinking> >> > >something 120 proof. So please PLEASE don't disregard this because I> > >don't ever want anyone to go thru what my family and I have gone thru.> > >Today was a little better but not much. Please send this to everyone> > >you know that has children or are having children. It doesn't matter> > >what age. I just want people to know the dangers of this. Thank you> > >Lacey Butler and family> >> >