Last night we had a bit of a scare. Matt was working a double shift and I had been alone with the kids all day. My mom came over for a little while to watch the kids while I finished making my ornaments for my annual ornament exchange. It was bed time and I sent both Parker and Paige to go get in their beds. A few minutes later, Paige came back out and said she wasn't tired and didn't want to go to sleep. But she said it in a very winy voice. She was definitely tired. She started throwing a fit and said that something in her nose hurt. My mom and I thought that she had a stuffy nose so we asked her if she just needed to try and blow it. She started crying and said she put something up her nose! She was so upset by the fact that she put something up there and it was now stuck that she couldn't stop crying to tell up what she put up there. After talking to her for a minute, and telling her that she wasn't in trouble, I was able to get her to tell me that she had put one of Parker's fluoride pills up her nose. He had left it on the counter and she saw it and for some reason put it up her nose. When she tried to get it out, it went further up and then she came out to the living room crying.
I had to look with a flashlight in her little nostril and saw it pretty far in there, I was considering taking her to the hospital, but decided to call Matt at work and have him see what one of the nurses said to do. I also called the Dentist, who prescribed the fluoride, to see if he thought it would dissolve, and would it cause and pain or anything like that. The dentist was shocked that she would put something like that up her nose, (so was I) and said that it would probably dissolve,but may cause some burning. His concern was if she sniffed it up into her sinus. He suggested calling the ER and talking to the on-call Dr. to see what he said to do. After I got off the phone with the dentist, (I am remaining surprisingly calm through all of this) Matt showed up at the house with a few ideas to try. He had Paige close off the back of her throat with her tongue and then he plugged the other nostril and blew in her mouth, hoping the air would go up her sinuses and pop the pill right out the nostril. Well, she is only 3 and had a hard time closing off the back of her throat. So that didn't work. The next thing he tried, only a parent would do, he put a straw in her nose and slowly sucked to try and get the pill out. He did three or four small sucks with the straw and before we knew it the pill was out!! I was amazed! And he didn't get any of her snot in his mouth, he was happy about that! Daddy to the rescue. After a few big hugs and wiping of tears everyone was alright.
What surprised me the most was that Parker was very upset about the whole situation. He thought it was his fault that something bad happened to Paige because he left the pill out. He was so mad at himself and it took a few minutes to calm him down and explain to him that he wasn't in trouble and that accidents happen and that Paige was alright. It showed me that he really does care about his little sister, and that he must tease he so much because he loves her!
We had the talk with all the kids about not putting things up noses and coming to tell mommy or daddy immediately when something happens so that we can help fix it or get help quickly. It turned out to not be something serious, but it sure got my heart racing and I was glad my mom happened to be over so that she could help out with the kids. I am glad that Matt works with good people that are knowledgeable and allowed him to leave to help his family out. So we learned a good lesson at our house last night! It was eventful. Tell your kids to not put things in their noses!!
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