With clock ticking, doctors, pharmacists come to the rescue after 1-year-old eats raccoon feces

CBC News ^ | June 18, 2021 | Hannah Kost

[billorites]

[PghBaldy]

Most shocking headline of the day, though I know little ones eat weird stuff they can reach...

[perfect_rovian_storm]

This is why when we had kids, I made sure to order the non-retarded ones. Worked out well so far.

[billorites]

Soon to be a movie on the Hallmark Channel.

[Carriage Hill]

Jeeez lady, give the kid a large Snickers bar, and that’ll tide him over until dinner.

[dadfly]

any parent who has a picky boy eater loves this commercial. one of the best ever.

and anyone with any sense at all knows that parents and doctors need to direct the health system. not the gov’t.

[Bonemaker]

“He’s still doing all the wonderful things that the toddler is supposed to do,”

Heartwarming story. Now tell the parents not to use raccoon crap as ferilizer in their flower pots.

[ifinnegan]

Lol.

Hey man, they were trying to keep the kid’s identity secret.

[farming pharmer]

Did not know raccoons carry dangerous parasites like that. They now get double summary death penalty when I spot them.

[dainbramaged]

Racoon poop is like toxic waste, stay away. I saw a documentary last year about a teenage boy who kicked a dead armadillo and contracted leprosy. He survived but is messed up.

[SaxxonWoods]

Good story, good ending!

[RightWingNutJob69]

You mean they aren’t safe to eat? NOW they tell me!!!

[alternatives?]

Like a “House” episode. It was a good one.

[D_Idaho]

I remember a lecture in Biology class about roundworms. According to the teacher, they used to be a problem in rural areas of the U.S. Kids would pick up the roundworm larvae from stepping barefoot on poopoo. The larva would enter through cracks between the toes. We saw pictures of people’s brains that had 5 or 6 cysts from those things. The people often exhibited bizarre behavior before being diagnosed. Very nasty.

[Pollard]

Heartwarming story.

Seemed more like a heartworming story to me.

The wormer I use for the dogs has fenbendazole as an ingredient which people are allegedly curing their cancer with. https://www.cancertreatmentsresearch.com/fenbendazole/

[Kartographer]

I say we need a Millennial Racoon Scat CHALENGE!!

[ifinnegan]

It’s a nice story with a happy ending, but, I can’t imagine veterinarians in Canada do not have a drug readily available to treat these types of worms.

[farming pharmer]

Martin and Haughton immediately called their family doctor and the province's Poison & Drug Information Service.

Both advised the parents to wait and see if their son...developed symptoms of infection.

What kind of ghoul would tell a patient with a possibly fatal ingestion to "wait and see" if they develop symptoms?

[billorites]

"What kind of ghoul would tell a patient with a possibly fatal ingestion to "wait and see" if they develop symptoms? "

A National Health Service ghoul.

[Salamander]

I’m confused by the “rare medicine” part.

I’ve had dogs given Albendazole as puppies several times and the vet just handed it to me out of his med cabinet.