EMERGENCY ROOM TRIP

Wednesday night, I put the kids to bed as usual, except I let them fall asleep in my bed. Well, then I heard Landen coughing like he was going to throw up so I went to go see if he was going to or not. When he saw me, in a panicked voice he says to me, "Mom, my throat hurts and my belly." So I asked him if he was going to throw up. He said, " No, I swallowed money." YOU SWALLOWED MONEY!! I went on to explain to him how we can't put things like that in our mouths because we could choke on it. I had him drink some water to make sure it went down all the way. (Ironically, just about two hours prior I had gone and picked up all the loose change and put it in a container. I guess I missed a penny on my book shelf) I didn't really worry about it anymore. I just figured it will just come out in a few days. I text my mom to ask her if he would be ok, and just let nature take its course. She called me and she and my dad were kinda worried. They thought I should get an xray to make sure. My Dad called his cousin who is a Dr. to ask what he thought. The Dr. thought I should get an xray tonight to make sure it wasn't stuck in his esophagus or that it went down the wrong tube into his lungs. So I called Urgent Care - closed. I called the Flagstaff Medical Center. They suggested calling poison control, since they aren't allowed to give advice. I called poison control. They too suggested I get an xray tonight. So here was my dilemma. Byron was in Phoenix for a court case. By now it's after 9 pm and all the kids are fast asleep. All Urgent Care facilities are closed. So my only choice is the ER. I had to wake up the children, put their shoes and coats on and drag them out in the cold to the ER. When we get to the ER, their signs are horrible so of course I park where I think the entrance is, only to find out we have to walk all the way around to the other side. Mind you it is FREEZING outside and windy, which makes the cold worse. I would have gone back to the truck and parked closer, but by the time I figured out where the real entrance was, it was closer to just keep walking rather than go back to the truck. We go inside, and of course they are busy. I think they must have had pity on a poor mother all alone with her three small children at 10:30 pm because we were able to get in within 45 minutes. We were also able to sit on the other side of the wall where no one else was sitting, mainly away from all the sick people. Then they put us in a private room with a door so my kids wouldn't wake up the patients. They were busy too so that was very nice. There were beds in the hallways with people in them. They came and took the xray and sure enough it was in his stomach. Whew!!! However, now I have to pick through his poop to make sure he passes it. YUCK!!! We were out of there by 12:30 and back in our warm beds by 1:00 am.





(side note, still hasn't passed it. Luckily he has only gone poop once so I haven't had to go through it very much) YUCKY YUCKY!!!