A Screw

Wow. It has been a crazy night. We had gone to bed about 10:30 and around 11 Abby comes out of her room and says "I swallowed it like I swallowed my vitamin." We didn't understand her at first but figured out that she swallowed something. So she went in to find the other piece to her window that keeps the window from opening too wide. We searched for the screw hoping she hadn't really swallowed it but with no luck. She pointed to the back of her throat and said it hurt but now it felt all better. We wanted to make sure she actually swallowed it so we got an identical screw out of the other room to ask her and she said "oh good you found a new one." So off to the UofU E.R.

Once we got there we wait for a forever and went back and the nurse tried taking Abby's vitals and she wasn't having it (Since she already knows and hates those tests from her ears). They put her name tag on her foot. She proceed to walk like her foot was broken all night. Limping and not bending it. It was a pretty funny sight. The the doctor came in and we asked her questions on how she was ok and breathing fine.

We sat around for an hour waiting for the X-rays. We playing a pony game, colored on doodle buddy, and watched Monster's Inc. I am so glad I had left my Ipad in my purse because there was nothing good on t.v. We went back for X-rays and Abby was crying and screaming. Grant had to hold her down. I was glad that I couldn't be in the room since I am pregnant because it was really sad. Once they were done they pulled me in the back way to look at the pictures. I really didn't think that she swallowed a screw so I was amazed to see that big old thing in her stomache.

We waited around for the doctor and since it was already pasted her esophagus and it didn't have a pointed bottom that they would wait to see if it would pass through. The doctor almost seemed impressed. He said she had to work really hard to swallow that big of a screw. I think maybe it will be more funny once I have had more sleep.

We were finally discharged and got home and in bed by 2 a.m. I am just glad that she is ok because that big of a screw head could've chocked her pretty easily. I am already thinking of scenarios that I will use this screw over my daughter when she gets older. If it didn't have to go through her poop I might have framed it as the doctor seemed like swallowing it was such an accomplishment. Luckily we weren't the parents in there last week who had the barbie shoe stuck in her ear but I won't speak too soon since she is only two. I am also glad she had the good sense to come and tell us what she had done. What a stinker! I am going to be a zombie at work today.