So everything was going just fine this morning. The girls were playing downstairs, Theo was in his jumper and I was sweeping the kitchen floor. All of a sudden I hear crying that isn't familier. I could tell it was Hallie but it sounded really strange. Well, here she comes up the stairs with her mouth STUCK OPEN because she has one of Theos toys stuck in it. Yes, this is the same girl that swallowed a "jewel" a few months ago! It is a toy that you can hang on to things so it has a clamp at one end. She had pushed down on the clamp, put it in her mouth, and then released it. She was totally panicing and I couldn't get my fingers in her mouth to close down on it and get it out. She was started to gag and said she needed to "oh ah" which was translated to be "throw up" Then her eyes started to roll back and she was swaying from side to side. So, I called 911. They sent the ambulance right away. Hallie kept wanting to lay down but I was instructed not to allow that. She was in alot of pain and this clamp was putting pressure on her pallet and she couldn't swallow. Raya was downstairs oblivious to the whole thing while Theo was screaming his head off.
Well, the EMS arrived and got out their flashlight and looked in her mouth. They were able to remove rather simply I have to admit. I felt quite stupid but they assured me that I wasn't and that I had done the right thing. They were quite fond of the girls and stayed to play with them for quite a while. I kept telling them they could leave but they were having a good time. It was quite amuzing. One of the paramedics went outside to the ambulance and came back in with 2 Medic Mooses (stuffed animals). He gave one to Hallie and was handing one to Raya. I was thinking in my head...just take the Moose Raya, take the Moose!!!! But, of course she didn't. She said "No Moose! I got OWN MOOSE" and she ran to her room to get her own Medic Moose that she got last year when she was taken to the hospital from falling out of her highchair at a restaurant. I was so emabarrased that not only did my almost 5 year old get a toy stuck in her mouth but now they also know that my 2 year old already has her OWN MOOSE from a previous episode. They thought it was really funny, me, not so much!
When the toy was removed from Hallies mouth, this was the conversation:
Me: Was that food or drink?
Hal: No
Me: What is supposed to go in your mouth
Hal: Only food or drink
Me: So will you be doing that again?
Hal: No, because it's not food or drink.
Paramedic: WOW, that's impressive, I'm going to try that on my son. I like how you put that. You are a really good mom.
Me: You might want to rethink that since if that parenting technique was effective you wouldn't be sitting in my living room right now!
All I have to say is thank goodness I was dressed because I haven't been dressed before 9 all week.
Well, the EMS arrived and got out their flashlight and looked in her mouth. They were able to remove rather simply I have to admit. I felt quite stupid but they assured me that I wasn't and that I had done the right thing. They were quite fond of the girls and stayed to play with them for quite a while. I kept telling them they could leave but they were having a good time. It was quite amuzing. One of the paramedics went outside to the ambulance and came back in with 2 Medic Mooses (stuffed animals). He gave one to Hallie and was handing one to Raya. I was thinking in my head...just take the Moose Raya, take the Moose!!!! But, of course she didn't. She said "No Moose! I got OWN MOOSE" and she ran to her room to get her own Medic Moose that she got last year when she was taken to the hospital from falling out of her highchair at a restaurant. I was so emabarrased that not only did my almost 5 year old get a toy stuck in her mouth but now they also know that my 2 year old already has her OWN MOOSE from a previous episode. They thought it was really funny, me, not so much!
When the toy was removed from Hallies mouth, this was the conversation:
Me: Was that food or drink?
Hal: No
Me: What is supposed to go in your mouth
Hal: Only food or drink
Me: So will you be doing that again?
Hal: No, because it's not food or drink.
Paramedic: WOW, that's impressive, I'm going to try that on my son. I like how you put that. You are a really good mom.
Me: You might want to rethink that since if that parenting technique was effective you wouldn't be sitting in my living room right now!
All I have to say is thank goodness I was dressed because I haven't been dressed before 9 all week.
Hallie looking a little rough afterwards...but posing for a picture with one of the men that "saved her life!"
The girls and there very own Medic Mooses!