Baby recovering after ingesting medication
Published 3:29 pm Wednesday, April 24, 2019
MOULTRIE, Ga. — A 10-month-old Colquitt County boy who was airlifted on Tuesday to a Tallahassee hospital after he ingested a relative’s medication has recovered from the episode and been returned home.
Paramedics and police were dispatched at about 3:16 p.m. Tuesday to a residence in the 100 block of Jones Lane where Desja Wilson reported that her son was unresponsive.
“He was unresponsive but breathing,” said Colquitt County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Nathan Cato.
The child apparently ingested anti-anxiety medication that belonged to an adult relative who lives in the residence, Cato said.
It was identified as busiprone.
Wilson told police that she noticed a pill bottle in the room and a short time later could not wake up the boy and that there was a white substance around his mouth.
Police are not sure how he was able to ingest the medication. Wilson reported the bottle cap was closed when she saw it, but there were several children in the residence at the time.
Paramedics transported the infant to Colquitt Regional Medical Center and from there he was flown to Tallahassee Memorial Hospital.
“He’s back home,” Cato said. “He’s going to make a full recovery.”