"Mom, I swallowed that thing."
"What thing?"
"That thing from the wall."
"You swallowed a nail?"
"Yeah."
So, first to American Fork hospital for an x-ray--sure enough, he swallowed a nail. The GI specialist referred us to Primary Children's Hospital in Salt Lake. After another round of x-rays and a check with a metal detector, they sent us home.
Apparently if an object is less than 5 cm, the body can usually get rid of it on its own (2% chance of bowel perforation), including nails, open safety pins, stick pins, and more! Adam is on some laxatives, and we go for more x-rays in 2 days!
2 comments:
ok so that xray is freaky! looks like something from ER.
Em, This is awesome. I can't believe it. I would have passed out from all the excitement. Or thrown up. Either one :)
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