[StBernard] 2-year-old Chalmette girl in hospital with apparent drug overdose

[Westley Annis]

2-year-old Chalmette girl in hospital with apparent drug overdose 
 
by WWLTV.com

wwltv.com

Posted on July 20, 2010 at 6:58 PM

Updated yesterday at 7:01 PM 


CHALMETTE, La. - A 2-year-old Chalmette girl is in the hospital after
apparently ingesting part of her mother's narcotic pills, officials said
Tuesday.

The girl is currently at the Children's Hospital after being transferred
from the St. Bernard Health Clinic. She was listed as in serious condition
as of 9 a.m. Tuesday, said St. Bernard Parish Sheriff Jack Stephens.

Stephens said the girl's mother, 22-year-old Tiffany Tommaseo, had several
types of narcotic pills in her home: the painkiller Vicodin, the
muscle-relaxer SOMA, and Suboxin, a drug used for treating heroin addiction.
Stephens said no prescriptions were found for those drugs, which are often
illegally distributed, in the home.

Stephens said the Sheriff's Office is still working to determine whether the
child ingested some of the pills found in the home. If so, an arrest warrant
could be issued.

The mother had dropped the girl off at a day-care center earlier in the day,
but counselors saw she was lethargic and seemed to be suffering from health
problems. They called Tommaseo, but she was unable to pick the child up, so
the grandmother arrived and brought her to the health center.