This was a case of stupidity and carelessness by her parents which could’ve been easily avoided!

What happened:

A 6 year old girl in Oregon sprained her ankle. Her father, acting quickly while his daughter writhed in pain, grabbed the liquid child ibuprofen bottle and gave his daughter a 10mL dose. After she received that dose, she immediately lost consciousness and started convulsing. The girl’s father, instead of freaking out right away, decided to see why she lost consciousness. He took a tiny sip from the ibuprofen bottle and realized it was his wife’s liquid nicotine for her e-cig. She mixed her own liquid in the empty CHILD IBUPROFEN bottle. Once the father realized this, he called poison control and 911. His daughter clenched onto her life, barely escaping an early death in the hospital. She was was treated for acute nicotine poisoning and placed on a ventilator.

How This Could Have Been Prevented:

Now, while the media is reporting this as e-cigarette liquid almost kills child, the truth of the matter is that careless parenting almost killed their daughter. First off, why the hell would you put liquid nicotine in a child’s ibuprofen bottle? Was that really the only option the mother had for storing juice? The mother could have easily used a unicorn bottle or a different e-cig liquid bottle for storing her e-juice. She could have peeled the labeling off of the bottle and re-labeled it as her e-juice . There’s endless options that could have prevented this life threatening accident from occurring.

What Needs to Happen: