I am always wary of dose-and-drops; you rely on a parent being honest. She was honest this time, but you can bet that she won't ever admit again after she got caught and "gets in trouble." I would be furious that she left a child with a potentially serious medical problem in care under undisclosed medication! Did you have the discussion about what throwing up and constipation could mean? Previous "good parent" or not, that would be immediate termination- she put her essential work duties ahead of her responsibilities as a parent and left you in a potentially serious situation. What if something happened and you didn't know to tell a doctor or paramedic that she had medicine in her system? Not OK with me!

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