25 cents

Last Thursday Laney and I were downstairs, she was playing and then came to me choking on something. I flipped her upside down and in the process she swallowed whatever it was. I thought the ordeal was over but called my mom just to make sure- she suggested I call Laney's pediatrician to just be safe. So, I called and the nurse said I had to take her to the emergency room IMMEDIATELY to make sure it wasn't stuck or in her lungs.

So, still not completely panicked (which is saying something for me) I called Ryan and off we went to the Hermiston ER. Once we go there they took x rays and Ryan noticed that there was something pretty big in her stomach. The Dr took a second look and then told us we were going to have to take her somewhere to see a specialist to see if it had to be removed (now, I'm starting to panic). So, we drove to Kadlec and went through the x ray emergency room thing again and the specialist decided that he was going to have to remove it.

So, they had to take my baby and put her under general anesthesia and go in (with a scope down her throat) to remove, what turned out to be a quarter. (yes, at this point I completely panicked- lots of crying and renting of clothing). The actual procedure took less than 20 minutes and we got to take her home that night- so in the big picture it was a pretty simple thing. And she's completely recovered. I will say that I think that the moment they carried her off crying to put her under was probably one of the worst moment of my life- broke my little mommy heart! Hope I never had to do that again!

All in all, we got to the Hermiston ER at 4:15 and left Kadlec after midnight- long day! Needless to say I have gone through the house picking up and hiding all our spare change- that is going to be one expensive quarter!!!

(This is some pictures of the quarter in her stomach and the actual quarter they removed- The Dr said it was a good thing we had it removed because it was already blocking her stomach- scary!)