When your 5 year old swallows it!

So Sunday night Kadence found a shiny new penny, and called her brother to her room to see it. At the last minute she decided to hide the penny, and put it in her mouth — accidentally swallowing it.  A trip to the ER later, we saw the pretty penny on xray sitting in her stomach. Thankfully it had not gotten stuck on the way down her throat.  Doc said she should pass the penny in 2-3 days, that all we fine. Worst case was that it would get lodged between her stomach and small intestine, but that was unlikely and in 35 years he himself had never seen that happen.

Monday began poop patrol for me.  Kadence and Damian both think it’s super funny to watch mom sift through poop looking for a penny, but for the life of me I don’t see the humor. No penny Monday. No penny Tuesday. No penny Wednesday. I started to think maybe I just missed it during my search and rescue attempts. So I took Kadence in this afternoon to see the doctor, who did an xray and sure enough, there is our penny – STUCK BETWEEN THE STOMACH AND SMALL INTESTINE.

So we have a referral to see the pediatric gastroenterologist either tomorrow or Friday. The doctor today is pretty certain that unless we get a miracle, Kadence is going to have to go to Children’s Hospital and have surgery to remove the penny. And apparently this isn’t the easiest surgery to have, so I’m praying for a miracle!

If you weren’t aware, Rob is away in Virginia. He’s been gone almost 3 weeks and have about 7 more to go. We certainly miss him, I miss him most during poop patrol.  🙂

We’ll be back with more info as we have it.

Take care.