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To: UCANSEE2
The anti-freeze was on purpose. It tasted sweet.

You are VERY fortunate to be alive. (assuming the antifreeze was ethylene glycol [green] not propylene glycol [pink] antifreeze.)

Ethylene glycol poisoning is caused by the ingestion of ethylene glycol, the primary ingredient in automotive antifreeze. Ethylene glycol is a toxic, colorless, odorless, almost nonvolatile liquid with a sweet taste that is sometimes accidentally consumed by children and animals due to its sweetness. Following ingestion the symptoms of poisoning progress from signs similar to intoxication and vomiting; to hyperventilation, metabolic acidosis, and cardiovascular dysfunction; and finally acute kidney failure. The major cause of toxicity is not the ethylene glycol itself but its metabolites, mainly glycolic acid and oxalic acid.

Treatment for antifreeze poisoning needs to be started as soon after ingestion as possible to be effective; the earlier treatment is started, the greater the chance of survival. Once kidney failure develops in dogs and cats, the prognosis is poor. Poisoning is relatively common, and due to its taste, children, domestic animals and wildlife sometimes consume the substance

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethylene_glycol_poisoning

22 posted on 01/20/2015 6:52:50 PM PST by BwanaNdege
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To: BwanaNdege
You are VERY fortunate to be alive.

I've heard that many times.

I used to sniff carbon tetrachloride. It made me go black.

Once while rebuilding a house I stepped on three rusty nails (in a pile of old shingles) that went through my shoe and into my foot. I pulled them out, then had to wade into the stagnant water in the crawl space to get out a dead raccoon. Everyone said I should get a tetanus shot. I didn't.

Then there was the car wreck that fractured by skull and smashed my lower vertebrae into tiny pieces, which went into my spinal cord. The doctors thought I was dead. Later they said I would never walk.

Yes, I am VERY fortunate. I thank GOD all the time.

31 posted on 01/21/2015 6:30:58 AM PST by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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