Parker gave us a nice scare. He was laying on the floor with a penny in his mouth ( I had no idea). Suddenly he jumped up hysterical. I finally got him to tell me what was wrong--he swallowed the penny. I wasn't worried about it at first because he wasn't struggling for air and wasn't choking. Then he started complaining that his throat hurt really bad. I finally got ahold of Ty (who was working at urgent care). He told me to take him to the ER. On our way there, Ty called and said that his work could do an X-ray. So off to urgent care we went. Parker did great for the X-rays. These are them:
Both Ty and the doctor were quite concerned. They couldn't quite tell where it was exactly. It definitely wasn't in the stomach though. They eventually sent the pics to a radiologist who decided it was in his esophagus (thank goodness). The doctor listened to his lungs and noticed that one side was less clear than the other. We are trying to wash it down with water and food, but he still won't really eat anything. He's currently enjoying Despicable Me 2, so he hasn't complained in a bit. Hopefully it has finally moved down. (It's been 4 hours) We will be going back in tomorrow for another X-ray. The doctor really did not want it having to be pulled out--he says the risk is not worth it. Hopefully it won't come to that. Pray for us!! Poor parky. :-(
**UPDATE:**
He puked after 4.5 hours :-)
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