HENRY COUNTY, Ky. — Editor's note: Tabitha Drew told WHAS11 News that her daughter has been released from the hospital and is back at home.
A 5-year-old child is fighting for her life in the ICU on Tuesday after an adverse reaction to her regular medication.
Parents in Eminence, Kentucky are being urged not to give their children a medication after a bad shipment was discovered.
Henry County EMS issued a public health alert Sunday after officials found something wrong with a shipment of Clonidine Oral Suspension, commonly used to treat hypertension.
The warning comes after Henry County EMS transported three patients over the weekend related to the medicine.
One of those patients is 5-year-old Rayven, who was transported to the ICU at Norton Children's Hospital.
“I handed [the EMTs] the bottles, and as soon as she looked at the bottle’s name, she started Narcan immediately," said Rayven's mom, Tabitha Drew.
Drew said Rayven took her prescribed Clonidine on Sunday night, the same medication she has taken for a year for ADHD. Within 10 minutes of taking the medicine, Rayven dropped to the floor, unresponsive.
“I honestly thought my baby was dead,” Drew said. "Eyes rolled to the back of her head, all the color came out of her lips, her face went completely white, and she was just lying there."
The Henry County EMS deputy director said those prescriptions were filled at Med Save in Eminence. The pharmacy Drew has visited for 10 years.
Drew said the pharmacy called her Saturday, to let her know about the bad batch.
"He said, 'We've got a notice that we have a bad batch of clonidine, we wanted to make sure she did not get it,'" she said. "I let him know at the time I did not have my daughter, the bottle was sitting in my refrigerator and had not been touched. He said, 'when do you get your daughter back,' I said Sunday night. Sunday night he asked me when I give her the medicine if anything happens please contact him."
“I’m not looking to blame Med Save at all."
"The allegation is that an error was made at the pharmacy," an official with the Kentucky Board of Pharmacy (KBP) told WHAS11. "The [KBP] is actively investigating. It is our job to find out what happened and take appropriate action to ensure the safety of the people of Kentucky."
According to a Henry County EMS Facebook post, anybody who filled their Clonidine Oral Suspension prescription at the Med Save in Eminence should not administer the medication to their children. Med Save told WHAS11 that the medication is no longer on their shelves.
"With her still being in the danger zone and not knowing what her outcome’s going to be, it’s scaring me that I’m not going to be able to bring her home," Drew said.
Drew said Rayven is still unresponsive, leaving the doctors and her family waiting in agony for her to wake up on her own.
"The last thing I want is another kid down here fighting for their life like my baby is," she said.
Officials said symptoms to look for are unconsciousness/unresponsiveness, crying fits that are unexplained, slow heart rate, a low breathing rate, and pinpoint pupils may or may not occur.
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