So sad

So yesterday I took Caroline and Cooper down to the basement 'cause Caroline wanted to play a computer game. I turned the computer on and then ran upstairs to find some packing tape so I could tape up some boxes while they were down there playing. Well, I was upstairs for maybe 3 minutes looking for the tape "gun", decided to just use scissors and started downstairs when I heard Cooper scream. It was the same scream as when Caroline is teasing him, so that's what I figured it was. When I got to the bottom of the stairs he was spitting and wipping his face and then I smelled it. Wood stripper! Some how Caroline had gotten the bottle open and poured it in a bowl in those few minutes I was upstairs. We think Cooper dipped his hands in it and tried to taste it, but realized it was nasty and was spitting it out and rubbing it off. I ran him upstairs and washed his hands and face off then tried dabbing it with a towel. All this white stuff was coming off. I thought it looked like wet paper towels coming off, but I was using a cloth towel. It was his face! I called poison control and they said I needed to get him into the ER because if he swallowed any it could be burning through his throat and stomach. It didn't look like anything had happened in his mouth, from what I could see. He wouldn't open his mouth very far, so I couldn't be sure. I called around and was saved AGAIN by Melinda who watched Caroline and Liz for me while I took Cooper and Isabelle to the ER. Well, already long story short, he seemed to be fine except for the burns on his face. He swallowed fine and didn't seem to have ingested any of it THANK GOODNESS! Well, it looks a lot worse today and he's having a hard time closing his mouth. I put up a before and after shot. We're getting family pictures done in about 9 days, so I hope it heals by then!

Before



Now