On Sunday afternoon I took my one year old fodter child with me to our apartment complex laundry room. I even thought this is a safe place for him to play while I fold my clothes. There was nothing that I could see in the room but a sink, a table, a washer, a dryer and another table. There was also a heavy Bookcase where everyone kept their detergent, bleach and fabric softener up high. In a moment I heard the baby screaming. He had found a bottle of Zep Industrial Stength Cleaner and Degreaser and tipped it over. The "child Proof" cap was not on thight and the contents spilled on him. I grabbed him and ran up to my apartment and tried to give him a bottle of milk (to try to neutralize the acid thinking that he may have gotten it on his hands and out his hands in his mouth but he kept screaming so I took off his clothes and saw that he had burns on his legs. I put him in a sink of cool water and then took him to Group Health Urgent Care. They irrigated the wound, covered it, gave him some TYlen and sent us to Harborview Medical Center. He was admitted there over night for observation and discharged the following day with Daily dressing changes and 2 return appointments. He was prescribed Oxycodon 0.5 ml. 1/2 hour prior to dressing changes and q4h as needed for pain. I waas up all night and missed 2 days of work not to mention the pain and trauma it caused the baby. Is there anything I can do?
