5 minutes of drama make a lifetime memory.
Posted: August 19th, 2008, 9:35 am
I heard Ben scream that scream we moms know as "something is really wrong" kinda deal. Allie came running down the stairs yelling Ben has something stuck in his nose. I ran up to check and sure enough he was choking and crying like he needed to swallow. He stuck his finger in his nose and screamed bloody murder. I jerked him up and put him on the counter. I yelled for all the kids to ask what he had and what he stuck in his nose. He still doesn't talk well enough to answer some questions. I asked him what it was and he said it's better. LOL! He didn't want me to touch it. I sent Caetie for the tweezers and a flash light. I called Danny to see what to do. Are you suppose to try and dig it out? Do I really have to go to the ER for that? He would have to be sedated as crazy as he was acting and is that really worth it? Good grief.
I tried to get him to blow and he doesn't know how to do that. I didn't want him sucking it back further. UGH! I got the light and saw it WAY back at the part of his nose where it starts to turn down your throat. That is why he was swallowing funny. I didn't know if I should try and get it and knock it down his throat only for him to swallow it and cause a problem later. I didn't know what it was. I couldn't tell. It was light purple and hard and rounded on the side I could see. So it was pretty much impossible to try and grab with the tweezers. I was going to try and see if I could roll it over some to see if it was pointy or what. If I could see it was something that wouldn't hurt him to swallow then I would push it back and let him swallow it down.
He screamed like it hurt everytime we touched it. I tried scooping from the top of his nose down on the outside to see if it would slide out. Nope. I couldn't even feel it from the outside.. that is how far back it was.
So Caetie and I took him downstairs to my bed. Set the lamp up where I could see up in there good. I was going to try one good time to get it before we trucked off to the ER.
That would totally blow Toby's b'day plans. So I laid him where his neck was on the pillow and his head was on the bed so he would be tilted back good. Caetie held his head. I had to put my legs over his cause he was kicking the table with the lamp. Then I had to hold his arms down while I tried to get the tweezers in his nose. He was screaming and freaking out and said it's better. LOL! Poor boy. We let him sit up for a short break and he blew something out his nose. I screamed... WAS THAT IT!? I saw it fly out but didn't know if it was a snot rocket or not. I looked around his leg and my leg and the bed and didn't see anything. Caetie said THERE IT IS! LOL! It was under him and she saw it.
He blew out a little purple hair bead. Like you see little black girls wear at the end of a braid. I bet you that boy will never stick anything up his nose again.
Just another day in the life of a mother of 6. 
I tried to get him to blow and he doesn't know how to do that. I didn't want him sucking it back further. UGH! I got the light and saw it WAY back at the part of his nose where it starts to turn down your throat. That is why he was swallowing funny. I didn't know if I should try and get it and knock it down his throat only for him to swallow it and cause a problem later. I didn't know what it was. I couldn't tell. It was light purple and hard and rounded on the side I could see. So it was pretty much impossible to try and grab with the tweezers. I was going to try and see if I could roll it over some to see if it was pointy or what. If I could see it was something that wouldn't hurt him to swallow then I would push it back and let him swallow it down.
He screamed like it hurt everytime we touched it. I tried scooping from the top of his nose down on the outside to see if it would slide out. Nope. I couldn't even feel it from the outside.. that is how far back it was.
So Caetie and I took him downstairs to my bed. Set the lamp up where I could see up in there good. I was going to try one good time to get it before we trucked off to the ER.
That would totally blow Toby's b'day plans. So I laid him where his neck was on the pillow and his head was on the bed so he would be tilted back good. Caetie held his head. I had to put my legs over his cause he was kicking the table with the lamp. Then I had to hold his arms down while I tried to get the tweezers in his nose. He was screaming and freaking out and said it's better. LOL! Poor boy. We let him sit up for a short break and he blew something out his nose. I screamed... WAS THAT IT!? I saw it fly out but didn't know if it was a snot rocket or not. I looked around his leg and my leg and the bed and didn't see anything. Caetie said THERE IT IS! LOL! It was under him and she saw it.
He blew out a little purple hair bead. Like you see little black girls wear at the end of a braid. I bet you that boy will never stick anything up his nose again.
Just another day in the life of a mother of 6.
