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mckygirl99
03-16-2007, 11:14 AM
I am five months pregnant and hungry all the time so we decided to stop at Village Haus (is that what it is called still?). Anyway I got a pepperoni pizza, sald and a bottle of water. ABout half way through the meal, I swallowed and a sharp pain went down the left side of my face and down my throat. Almost immediately, the saliva glands under the left side of my tongue swelled and my gland under my chin as well. I freaked and called my OB. i have never had an allergic reaction to food before. They told me to get Benedryl right away and to call 911 if I couldn't breathe. So I went to the first aid office. At first they didn't want to give it to me b/c I am pregnant but when I explained the doctor said it was OK, they gave it to me. One of the nurses and I forgot her name b/c I was freaked out looked a me and said she didn't think it was an allergic reaction but a calcium deposit that clogged one of my saliva glands. It was causing a build up of saliva hence all the swelling. I went into my mouth and found the clogged gland and removed it myself and had immediate relief! I had never heard of anything like this before but I guess weird things happen when you are pregnant. ANyway we were able to finish our wonderful day at DL and I was able to eat again since I was still hungry. It was nice to know that DL has such a knowledgeable nursing staff!!

gloria
03-16-2007, 11:39 AM
Sorry to hear about what happened. It's scary when you're pregnant and something unexpected happens.

What exactly is a calcium deposit and how on earth did you get it out of your mouth yourself? Did you have to break skin?

Gloria

Malcon10t
03-16-2007, 12:57 PM
The first time we ever had to go in there, we had had the dog sit in gum at the Tiki Room. So, we headed over there in hopes of cutting the gum out. We get there, and the DOCTOR comes to look at the dog. We're going "we just need scissors... But the doc says "Let's try vasoline", so he gets a tube of vasoline out and we start and the gum is coming out VERY slowly. The male nurse standing there keeps saying quietly "Peanut butter will work better." After the third time, they send someone to the Plaza Inn and they bring back a little tube of peanut butter (like the jelly things you get with toast.) Use that, the gum just starts coming out so easily. The nurse just kept smiling at the doc like "Told ya so".

Now, we always have a tub or 2 of PB in his backpack for emergencies. Everyone in the first aid center is always so helpful.

nvmom
03-16-2007, 01:06 PM
Only at Disneyland I tell you.
What wonderful care. :)

nvmom

adriennek
03-16-2007, 01:24 PM
We had to visit first aid on Wednesday. My eldest two collided outside of Tiki Room and Sman had scraped both of his knees. We "just" needed bactine, ointment and bandaids but it was really nice to know that it was right across the street and available. The nurse even had the special "knee" band-aids. :D

We were in and out and back to our day in no time at all!

Adrienne

hlbtimes2
03-16-2007, 02:03 PM
I love the first aid station! Our first visit with them was when Hannah was almost 2. She started cutting molars while we were there. Her nose was running so much it made her cry. We went to first and found out how much benedryl we needed to give her. We left with bandaides, a minnie tooth brush, stickers, and I cant remember it all!

On my last trip I took a friend in there to get a bandaid. Just a bandaid. We left with a stack of different size bandaids, and drank some nice fresh water while we were there.

Katlovett
03-16-2007, 02:40 PM
Also they have little bee-sting kits including some ointment that makes the sting stop hurting. I did not even know that such ointment existed until my daughter was stung and we went there hoping for tweezers to remove the stinger. Very caring and gentle people there.

Katprint

Mark Mywords
03-16-2007, 03:37 PM
The first aid, and baby care center folks are the best!

mommy-san
03-16-2007, 08:20 PM
I had the pleasure last trip too- 2 year old had a skinned knee, and they gave her princess band-aids which she magically left on for days! What kind of spell do they cast? And the next day i had a sore throat and just wanted a drink of cold water, but i asked if there was anywhere I could get cold meds and she dug around in her drawer and made some cough drops etc. appear. Great place! I wish every main street had a place like that!

MommyTo3Boys1Girl
03-16-2007, 09:57 PM
That is terrific.
I am with the other poster that asked how in the world you pulled out a saliva gland!?!

On a side note. My aunt and uncle were looking to moving to So.Cal. when he retired from the USPS. She is an RN. She wanted to apply to be a nurse at DLR, they told her there is some outrageously long wait to be an RN there, like 10 years or something crazy!

AVP
03-16-2007, 10:22 PM
That is terrific.
I am with the other poster that asked how in the world you pulled out a saliva gland!?! I'm going to put this in spoilers, not because it's a secret but because it's somewhat icky. Don't click if you don't really want to know.

It's like a kidney stone, and it's most frequently found in the saliva glands under the tongue. The calcium deposit is often a teeny tiny rock, and you can sometimes... squeeze the rock out through the saliva duct like a pimple. You aren't pulling out the gland, you're removing a rock. It's painful as heck, and really not something you should do on your own unless you know what you're doing. Sometimes the deposit is actually large, and an ENT has to remove the entire gland surgically. It's somewhat more serious in children, and there's some correlation to mumps.
That said, sucking on a lemon is one of those home remedies that's supposed to help increase the flow of saliva and possibly aid in passing smaller stones. And you're supposed to avoid becoming dehydrated.

AVP
- who is just so lucky to have had an RN grandmother... Anything else I can gross you out with?

rentayenta
03-17-2007, 06:22 AM
We had to go to First Aid one time when Gab was stung by a few bees/wasps at the same time. They were so helpful! She was scared and they were so sweet with her, with us all. Gave the two without stings Mickey bandages too.

Another time, Chloe had bonked her head on the one of the ride rails- not clear now but I think it was on Alice while waiting in line. Anyway she was loopy. They gave us some ice and kid Tylenol and some Tylenol for later just in case.

gibson510
03-17-2007, 12:39 PM
Wow, I have been to Disneyland countless times and in almost 20 years have never had to visit the first aid station. Lucky I guess. But it's good to know that it's their if I need it.:)

tod
03-17-2007, 04:15 PM
Once when I got a nasty scald on my arm from a jostled cup of coffee, they helped me by bathing the scald in ice water for about half an hour and then bandaged it, told me how to treat the injury, gave me another index-card sized bandage for later and sent meon my way.

The bad news is that I was working at the Disneyland Hotel at the time, I didn't know my way around backstage, and when I went to what I thought was the exit of Space Mountain it turned out to be the gate between the Plaza Inn and Tomorrowland, and there I was in the middle of Disneyland with a tie and a nametag...

The First Aid station is a great place to relax for a few minutes if you get overheated, and they happily give you aspirin, band-aids, and other small necessities. Except for that one nurse who wouldn't give me three aspirins, my usual dose for my 6-2 frame.

--t

mckygirl99
03-17-2007, 04:24 PM
That is terrific.
I am with the other poster that asked how in the world you pulled out a saliva gland!?!

On a side note. My aunt and uncle were looking to moving to So.Cal. when he retired from the USPS. She is an RN. She wanted to apply to be a nurse at DLR, they told her there is some outrageously long wait to be an RN there, like 10 years or something crazy!

Actually, I removed what was blocking the gland, not the gland itself. I was on the dehydrated side. It is very hard to keep up with when your pregnant and already feel like you are going to explode!

adriennek
03-17-2007, 04:26 PM
Except for that one nurse who wouldn't give me three aspirins, my usual dose for my 6-2 frame.

Ok, this is the sister of a doctor and mother of two children who experience febrile seizures coming out in me---

Over the counter pharamaceuticals are grossly underdosed. In fact, if you go online, you can find charts that give more realistic dosing guidelines, which are actually more generous than those on bottles. (As with all pharmaceuticals, please consult a doctor before following any of these guidelines, I'm not saying they're safe for everyone, but both my children's pediatrician through our health insurance plan and my sister and the other ped in our family have told me the same thing for my children specifically and advise most of their patients of the same - but they know the patient's history and they know my children's history.)

In addition, for the initial onset of a fever, for example, I have been advised to give my child a double dose of ibuprofen, and then single doses subsequently. I also do the double threat: Every three hours, alternate ibuprofen and tylenol. (I hate fevers. Really. I'm quite capable of handling the seizures now, after 3 or 4 of them, but I don't LIKE to. I even have a seizure specialist who has told me "Call me, 24 hours a day, if you have to, I'll talk you through it." I really don't enjoy taking her up on it.)

So, my point, this is why I always try to at least have my own. As friendly as they are, and absolutely helpful, they usually won't give you more than the dosage on the bottle and they won't repeat it within any time frame other than the bottle's recommended time frame. Just FYI.

Adrienne

MommyTo3Boys1Girl
03-17-2007, 04:51 PM
Actually, I removed what was blocking the gland, not the gland itself. I was on the dehydrated side. It is very hard to keep up with when your pregnant and already feel like you are going to explode!


That makes sense. I understand feeling like you are going to explode, I have 2 kiddos.

Malcon10t
03-17-2007, 10:15 PM
So, my point, this is why I always try to at least have my own. As friendly as they are, and absolutely helpful, they usually won't give you more than the dosage on the bottle and they won't repeat it within any time frame other than the bottle's recommended time frame. Just FYI.

Adrienne
That is the one thing I do hate. My younger son has Osgood-Schlatter bilaterally, and MickeyDogMom has torn the ligs in her ankles so many times, she wears braces while in Disneyland. They have scripts for 800mg ibprofen. So, when we forget meds back at the hotel, and have to visit the First Aid station, they will limit the ibprofen to 2-200s. It will hold them til they can get back to the hotel, but its still a pain.

jMom
03-18-2007, 08:18 AM
Our last trip there, I had to visit the 1st Aid station. Everyone there was so friendly and helful.

When they saw my daughter's Bday button, they called Minnnie Mouse back (she was headed offstage) to come say hello and pose for a picture w/ my daughter. Then, they said that Goofy had been looking for her, and left a message for her. They then played the "Happy Birthday from Goofy" song.

Those folks are The Best. The Baby Station is also incredibly awesome!

tod
03-18-2007, 11:07 AM
I always try to at least have my own [medicine]. As friendly as [the Disneyland nurses] are, and absolutely helpful, they usually won't give you more than the dosage on the bottle and they won't repeat it within any time frame other than the bottle's recommended time frame. Just FYI.

There's a 24-hour Walgreens at Brookhurst and Ball. Walgreens has a little bottle of 100 house-brand aspirin for 99 cents. I used to buy the big bottles of aspirin, but half of them would go bad (if aspirin ever smells like vinegar, throw it out: it won't hurt you, but it won't do you any good either) and I would have to throw them out, negating the "value" of buying in bulk.

Now I buy these little bottles, keep one in my car, one in my office, one in the kitchen, one in each bathroom -- and if the whole thing goes bad it's only a buck.

If the Disneyland nurses are stingy with the aspirin, think ahead when you park. Take the bottle out of your glove compartment and put it in a pocket.

--t

The Lovely Mrs. tod
03-18-2007, 11:25 AM
Ok, this is the sister of a doctor and mother of two children who experience febrile seizures coming out in me---

Over the counter pharamaceuticals are grossly underdosed. In fact, if you go online, you can find charts that give more realistic dosing guidelines, which are actually more generous than those on bottles.Adrienne
Years ago, the boys pediatrician gave me the asprin and other related pain killer formula, it's like a mg for every 7 pounds of body weight or something like that. Little tod always ran really high fevers, at age 4 or 5 he would get 2 adult Tylenol...because of his size.

Little tod went into first aid about a year ago with a headache, and they wouldn't let him have anything because he was 16. But when he staggered into first aid one day after ralphing his way up Main Street they put him to bed, called me to come pick him up and treated him like a king. A sick king, but a king.

SeansMom
03-18-2007, 12:32 PM
On a side note. My aunt and uncle were looking to moving to So.Cal. when he retired from the USPS. She is an RN. She wanted to apply to be a nurse at DLR, they told her there is some outrageously long wait to be an RN there, like 10 years or something crazy!


My fantasy job has a 10 year wait list :eek: ??? Oh, well, I have way more than 10 years to retirement.....


When we stayed at GCH years ago, they sent a nurse TO us. She was very sweet and caring. Of course, it ended up that our son was just tired and had a bad reaction to the sunscreen, which made him look really flushed (not sunburned, if you can visualize that). The temp-a-dots they used were expired and gave a reading of a false temperature, but I always pack a thermometer and once we unpacked, found it and rechecked him. He was normal, thank goodness. No fun to be sick at DL!

Malcon10t
03-18-2007, 02:48 PM
Years ago, the boys pediatrician gave me the asprin and other related pain killer formula, it's like a mg for every 7 pounds of body weight or something like that. Little tod always ran really high fevers, at age 4 or 5 he would get 2 adult Tylenol...because of his size. I have a feeling you have it reversed. 7mg per lb. That would have made your son about 90 lbs. The otherway around, he'd weigh about 4500 lbs... (Tylenol is 325mg reg strength adult.)

CindyH
03-22-2007, 08:52 AM
DS7 had a nose bleed - they were very nice and helpful (plus it was very relaxing sitting inside).

Leofoenget
03-22-2007, 04:30 PM
The first time we ever had to go in there, we had had the dog sit in gum at the Tiki Room. So, we headed over there in hopes of cutting the gum out. We get there, and the DOCTOR comes to look at the dog. We're going "we just need scissors... But the doc says "Let's try vasoline", so he gets a tube of vasoline out and we start and the gum is coming out VERY slowly. The male nurse standing there keeps saying quietly "Peanut butter will work better." After the third time, they send someone to the Plaza Inn and they bring back a little tube of peanut butter (like the jelly things you get with toast.) Use that, the gum just starts coming out so easily. The nurse just kept smiling at the doc like "Told ya so".

Now, we always have a tub or 2 of PB in his backpack for emergencies. Everyone in the first aid center is always so helpful.

Ok, HOW did you get the dog into the park, much less the Tiki Room?? Plus did they make you take the dog back out of the park once your secret was discovered?????

jan