DS2 (14) has gone to a party, got legless on tequila and been ambulanced to A&E

[WendyWeber]

I'm just waiting for DS1 to get in from DJing in a local pub and then we'll go and fetch him.

Do we kill him there or wait till we get him home? (DS1 told him to be careful with booze. I want to know where the tequila came from )

My ds did similar back in June (post exams) on whiskey - he was 151/2 at the time. He had been lying on wet ground, so his temp was down to 32 degrees, as well as needing the drip. (Which seems to avoid the 'hangover' feeling). He can't remember being in AandE or the ambulance, and was lucky he was accepteded by paediatric ward - I was really thrilled when he was jumping the queue of elderly people on trolleys... It took him about three days to recover physically, but the experience has left him 3 months on swearing 'never to drink again'. I hope he, and his sisters who saw him being carted off to hospital, will learn the lesson. As for me, I have every sympathy with parents faced with this, as before it happened my son was 'an angel', the last kid his teachers would have expected. Hope you are OK wendy and ds recovers!

i'm glad he's okay, poor lad. poor you, obviously, but i imagine it was frightening for him to be so out of control. moderation in all things...

OMG Wendy. Glad things turned out ok - it could well have been the opposite

Thank goodness someone had the sense to call an ambulance.

Have just discovered that it was the host's 17-yr-old sister (the most senior person present I think) who called the ambulance - so a big up to her. (Apparently their mother only died this summer and it's not common knowledge - awful for them )

Also one of DS2's mates has his specs, phew.

Also it has now been pointed out to DS2 in no uncertain terms how different the outcome could have been.

stleger and ayashasky, it is reassuring to share the experience, thanks!

Oh, and it was a BYOB he now tells me - so the tequila will have come from somebody's parents' stash - I wonder if they know...

DS2 went empty-handed as we don't drink spirits at all, or keep anything else in much.

We don't drink spirits either wendy BUT FIL does. FIL last visited 3 years ago this Christmas, leaving a full bottle of whiskey as he 'brought his own bottle', and we had got one in. Ds took it to his room, hid it (easy to hide anything in there!) and decanted some into a coke bottle. His reasoning was that we might have missed a can of lager from our stash of about 3, but wouldn't miss the whiskey. He was right! I think the physical things like wetting himself, and the ambulance men cutting off his favourite tops really hit home. Glad the specs turned up, and the sister did the right thing. It must have been difficult for her. Have a quiet Sunday!

Wendy
How is your ds?