The parents of a 4-year-old girl in Alabama claim they rushed their daughter to the hospital after picking her up from school earlier this week and then found out she’d somehow ingested ethanol, according to a report.
In an interview with Fox affiliate WALA, Albert and Mary Singleton alleged that a toxicology report performed at the hospital found their daughter had a blood alcohol content of 0.29%, which is about four times the legal limit if she was old enough to drive.
The Singletons claimed they were contacted by their daughter’s school, which has not been named publicly, on Monday, April 28, shortly before the end of the day, WALA reported.
Mom Mary told the outlet that when they arrived, her daughter’s body was limp and she was “slobbering.”
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According to the report, the girl spent two days in the ICU at Children’s and Women’s Hospital in Mobile before being released on Wednesday, April 30.
It is unknown how the girl ingested or got hold of the ethanol, but police are investigating, according to the outlet.
Mobile County Public Schools did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment on Thursday, nor did the girl’s father. When reached by phone, the Prichard City Police Department was not immediately able to provide any details.
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As noted by the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) National Library of Medicine, ethanol toxicity can be caused by ingesting large amounts of the beverage ethanol (also known as alcohol) and non-beverage ethanol (which can be found in such products as mouthwash and cough medicine).
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Signs of alcohol toxicity depend on the person’s BAC, said the NIH. At a BAC between 0.2% and 0.4%, patients can develop “nausea and vomiting, hypothermia, dysarthria, amnesia, diplopia, and nystagmus.” Those with a BAC of over 0.4% can develop “respiratory depression followed by coma and even death.”
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