Friday, September 3, 2010

She Ate What??!!

Well people, I couldn't make this up if I tried! We have had a crazy last few days. To start with, JD was in an accident on Wednesday morning. Someone pulled out of a parking lot right in front of him! Thankfully, he and the 2 people in the other car were all OK but his truck is not doing so good. We are currently waiting on insurance and all of the paperwork that is involved so that we can see what the next step is.

Then.....on Thursday Aubree swallowed a barrette. Yep, you read right! A hair barrette! I was sitting on the floor putting my make-up on and she was playing with it right in front of me. I NEVER thought (and I'm not sure why) she would put it in her mouth and the next thing I know, she is reaching out for me to help her! She was gagging because it was at the base of her tongue so I tried to reach it. I was able to grab it and then in a split second it was gone. At this point I had my finger all the way down her throat and then I realized it was too late. Her little eyes were watering and then she just looked at me and was completely fine because she had swallowed it! I was freaking out and called JD at work and then my mom at work. Of course, I couldn't get a hold of the pediatricians office (and then in my hysterics, I left my work number as the call back) because they were at lunch. JD ended up coming home and although Aubree was acting completely normal and not having any breathing problems we decided to go to Texas Children's just to be safe. It was the best thing we could have done! Every person there was wonderful. The doctor calmed us down and told us all the possible scenarios. She thought that for sure the barrette was in her esophagus but the xrays would tell us for sure. After doing neck and chest xrays there was no barrette!! The xray tech called the dr and she ordered an abdomen scan and there it was in her itty bitty tummy. This was the best scenario because it meant that it would just come out the other end. Now we just had to wait and get another xray today to make sure it was actually moving and not stuck in the intestines. So we impatiently waited for our little girl to have a poopie. This morning, nothing. Then this afternoon after the 2nd xray, JD went to change her diaper before her nap and OMG......the barrette!!! It came out and didn't seem to phase her a bit. Talk about relief! Now we can look back and joke about it but let me tell you we were a worried little family. We are so thankful that Aubree is ok and glad that she never even had a clue that there was a problem. You gave us quite a scare baby girl!!! So here it is. This picture will go down in the history books for us. I feel like we should be on the TLC show "Your Kid Ate What?"

2 comments:

  1. Andee, when Angela told me this, I was just beside myself for you. I bet you were never so glad to see a dirty diaper in your life.

    So glad Aubree is ok!

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  2. That thing was huge! At least it was narrow enough to pass w/out a problem. Oh the stories you will have for her later in life!

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