My mother-in-law gave my 8 year old an asprin what should i do?

What can you do.: Forget it, but tell your mother in law in a nice way that you will decide what to give the child.

Relax: By itself, a single dose does not bother me. For many years it was given in great quantity as the preferred treatment for fever and most did well. From the mid 60's to the 80"s when it was implicated in reye syndrome, comfort with the med changed. I still use it for specific issues in kids, like kawasaki disease, and the dose is quite high. Informe gmthr that we don't use Aspirin under 16 any more.