Utah mom helps others get access to children's medicine amid empty store shelves - KSL.com

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SALT LAKE CITY — Anyone with a sick babe oregon kid close present has astir apt experienced however hard it is to find medicine similar children's Tylenol oregon Ibuprofen. And with vacation hours an other hurdle, helping sick kids tin go a hopeless hunt.

"I cognize a batch of moms are having a hard time, similar friends support posting, 'Has anyone seen anything?'" said ma Amanda Ebmeyer, of Pleasant Grove.

Both of her children became sick portion connected their household abrogation successful California. She astir ended up successful the aforesaid vessel arsenic her friends who person been posting connected Facebook.

"It's heartbreaking to perceive them crying successful pain, and you don't adjacent person the medicine to assistance them," she said of her kids.

Ebmeyer considered going to urgent attraction Sunday — Christmas Day — but realized places were closed.

Luckily, she had conscionable recovered children's Tylenol successful banal successful California 1 time prior. Ebmeyer asked her hubby to cheque the medicine aisle connected a travel to Target to spot what they had. Turned out, they had the medicine connected their shelves that radical person been searching everyplace for.

Knowing parents successful Utah haven't been capable to find anything, she posted successful a Facebook radical geared toward Utah parents and respective radical instantly replied to marque orders.

"Everyone is like, 'Get maine one! Get maine one!' We each person sick babies, and it's truthful hard to spot your kids sick and not beryllium capable to assistance them," she said.

If your babe oregon kid is sick close now, you've astir apt experienced however hard it is to find medicine similar children's Tylenol. One Utah ma is helping immoderate parents get entree to what they need, adjacent with bare shelves.

She knows however important that medicine is successful helping negociate fevers and symptoms and keeping kids retired of the doctor's bureau during a engaged clip of year. Ebmeyer said she works successful an urgent attraction and the waits person been long.

When she makes the thrust backmost to Utah, Ebmeyer volition beryllium bringing backmost immoderate much-needed alleviation for kids — and their parents. She said she's already arranged deliveries to a fewer people.

Ebmeyer is hoping others volition bash the aforesaid and station what they're seeing successful stores truthful that parents tin find the medicine they're looking for.

"I commune a batch for the accidental to assistance different people. And erstwhile I saw the Tylenol, I was like, 'This is 1 mode I tin assistance successful a tiny way,'" Ebmeyer said. "So, I don't consciousness similar I'm doing thing courageous oregon great, I'm conscionable helping different ma that needs help."