Allison (my 3 1/2 year old) comes out of the bedroom ~freaking~ out. I couldn't understand her. Finally I heard the words "I swallowed a penny!". And she was holding her throat screaming "owwie!".
I felt her throat. I could feel it. I look at Tom. Who do I call?
"911, where is your emergency?"
The 911 operator was awesome. In 3 minutes, my living room was filled with two firemen, two EMTs and a policeman.
The coin had dislodged itself and by the time she was being examined, it was no longer felt in the throat nor was she complaining of pain in her upper chest. But since it got stuck, they piled me and Allison in the ambulance and off to the hospital we went.
The xray showed it safely in her stomach and it should pass. Thank God.
Okay, when I said "what next?" - I did NOT mean anything with my children. Leave them out of this great big joke of a life I'm having medically right now. I will continue to take the brunt of anything getting thrown at this family, okay? I don't want to share this time.
... Once (and still) Infertile, but still Schnarky as hell. This blog is dedicated to the daily ramblings from the mind of Nancy. It isn't about anything profound in the grand scheme of things, but it ~is~ about things in my life, schnarkiness always included. I have a second blog, listed in my profile, but the blogs will continue to remain separate.
"I'm aiming for heaven, but I'll probably wind up down in hell"
About Me
- nancy
- I am a 39 year old woman. I am the mother of two beautiful daughters and a handsome son. I am a career woman. As for my TTC world, it certainly doesn't seem like I am "infertile", but I fought for my pregnancies and my TTC/IF history is on the sidebar. I have two blogs, which are both listed in my profile. One focuses on my daily life - including IF, TTC, pregnancy, delivery and even some "children mentioned" posts. The second blog is ~soley~ posts directly about being the mother to my three children.
Belly Pics for #3 only.
Click stick figure to see the consecutive pictures from this pregnancy only.
My TTC History
- Jul 01 ~ married
- Jan 02 ~ First cycle off bcps and opk shows ovulation!
- Dec 02 ~ Went to pcp for RE referral
- Jan 03 ~ Testing commences. S/A perfect. HSG clear.
- Feb 03 ~ Lap #1. All clear.
- Apr 03 ~ Clomid cycle #1. BFN.
- May 03 ~ Clomid cycle #2. BFN.
- Jun 03 ~ Clomid cycle #3. BFN.
- Jul 03 ~ Supposed to be IUI#1, but we missed cd3 so natural cycle
- Aug 03 ~ BFP on C18.
- Apr 04 ~ Ella born.
- Oct 04 ~ decided to ttc #2 and went off minipill to see if I am ovulating. I am. Will start next month.
- Nov 04 ~ TTC#2 starts. BFP. Holy Crap. No freaking way. No way.
- Aug 05 ~ Allison born
- Oct 06 ~ IUD removed. TTC#3
- Jan 07 ~ Large cysts found.
- Feb 07 ~ Femara cyle #1
- Mar 07 ~ Started w/ RE. HSG #2 showed R tube blocked. S/A normal.
- Mar 07 ~ more cysts, up to 9cms.
- Apr 07 ~ more cysts, 3 @ 7-9cms.
- May 07 ~ IUI #1 cancelled due to more cysts
- Jun 07 ~ IUI #1 (take two) w/ Clomid. BFN.
- Jul 07 ~ HSS showed scar tissue in 70% of uterus. Diagnosed with Asherman's Syndrome. Uterine surgery #2
- Aug 07 ~ HSG #3 showed clear tubes.
- Aug 07 ~ IUI #2 w/ Femara. BFN.
- Sept 07 ~ Monitored w/ hCG trigger. BFN.
- Oct 07 ~ HSS #2 showed scar tissue in 30% of uterus. Uterine surgery #3.
- Dec 07 ~ HSS #3 showed tiny amount of scar tissue. Uterine surgery #4.
- Jan 08 ~ HSS #4 showed clear uterus.
- Jan 08 ~ IUI #3, C16. BFN.
- Mar 08 ~ IVF #1, Transfer Cancelled due to lining. Out of 15 eggs, 9 were mature and all 9 fertilized. I have named my 9 embryos "The Mod Squad" and they are in the freezer, waiting for mommy to be ready.
- Apr/May 08 ~ FET #1. C20. 4 embryos "The Fab Four" transferred on 5/05. BFP!!! Very Low Beta (15 at 11dp3dt) but the numers continued to double every 48 hours. Told it was "most likely not viable" and later "most likely ectopic" but we beat all the odds.
- May 16, 08 ~ 11dp3dt (4w0d), beta #1: 15
- May 19, 08 ~ 14dp3dt (4w3d), beta #2: 43
- May 23, 08 ~ 18dp3dt (5w0d), beta#3: 213
- May 27, 22dp3dt (5w4d), beta #4: 1,073
- Jun 08 - Ultrasound showed one heartbeat at 7 weeks.
- Jul 08 - Had CVS testing. Chromosomes are normal and it's a BOY!! EDD: 1/23
- Aug 08 - Jan 09 ~ High risk due to: 1) Velamentous Cord Insertion, deemed biggest risk 2) Previous Placenta Accreta 3) Previous rapid degraged placenta 4) IVF alone can create weak placenta 5) AMA - Advanced Maternal Age. -- All resulting in almost 30 u/s and lots of testing, which ended up saving my life.
- Jan 09 (38w0d) ~ Karl is born! -- Crazy 3 days in hospital. Manual version to flip baby from breech to head down, Labor, Delivery, Emergency surgery due to cord detaching from placenta, Scary heart issues from losing over 40% of my blood supply, and then a blood transfusion due to the extreme loss of blood. Whew!
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33 comments:
OMG.. that is SCARY! I am so glad she is okay... I can not believe the run you have had lately. surely it will ease up soon! you def. deserve a break!
Oh my hat! That must have been extremely scary. Thank God she could tell you what she swallowed. Glad all is fine with the little tyke now.
xxx
Yikes, how scary, but so happy that Allison is fine.
Oh that must be so scary for a mom, I have to say as an EMT, I hate those calls just because it is scary for the family and I kind of want to laugh just because kids do funny stuff...
ack! i'm so glad she's okay!!!!! i wish you some PEACE!!!
That must have scared the you know what out of you. I really hope that it was the last medical battle you and your family has to deal with for a very long time.
Oh No! Poor Allie! I'm glad she's okay- but you are right, definitely not funny!
OMG!!! I am so glad that she is okay!! You need a break my dear!
good grief!
so so scary- but SO thankful that all will be ok.
the Universe needs to back the eff away from you guys right now!
xo
Enough already! Poor Allison. That must have been so scary for her and for you and Tom.
That's terrifying! Thank God for 911!
How VERY SCARY! Glad everything worked out okay, though. Yikes!
Wow, Nancy! Your house has definitely seen a lot of action lately and not the good kind.
I hope this is the end of it!!
geez!!!! so glad she's ok... hope you guys catch a break soon!
I'm so glad that she's OK. I can't imagine how scary that was.
Yeah, Karma needs to back off the kids. They're too young to have pissed her off. Actually, Karma needs to back off you, too.
Nononononono! Do you hear me, universe? NO more craziness and scares for Nancy. She's had ENOUGH, dammit!
OMG...I'm glad to hear that she's okay.
It's time for you all to catch a break, seriously.
Oh Lord, I'm glad Allison is ok. I hope it passes safely and soon. My Lydia swallowed a penny when she was 2. We waited over a week and it never passed. They had to remove it by laproscopy(sp?). Took maybe 5 minutes. I now have the penny and her x-ray in shadow box on her wall. What a memory! Will pray for your life to calm soon.
Oh no! How scary for you :/ Poor thing, glad she'll be okay. Enough already!!
That is the scariest. I hate it when things happen to little ones. My son broke a bottle of tobasco sauce and was eating it and we thought he swallowed a piece of the glass. the ER staff was impressed with him handling the spicy tobasco sauce since it burned his skin all over, but I was terrified. They had to x-ray him and I had to stand outside and listen to him cry because I was pregnant.
You definitely need a break from medical emergencies for a while. They need to stay away from the kids for sure.
How scary! Glad she is ok... Kids...
Oh my - that is really scary! I am glad she is okay and the penny will pass.
My sis stuck a penny up her nose once. A lot of blood, but not nearly as scary as swallowing one and it getting stuck.
Maybe you need a vacation.
That is so scary! I hope she is better soon.
How scary! I'm glad everything turned out okay. I would have freaked too!
Yikes!! She is soooo lucky! Thank G-d for peristalsis moving that coin down. I'm glad she'd doing ok!!
I'm glad she is OK!! I agree that you deserve a break....mundane and boring sound great!
Oh no!! How terrifying! I can't even imagine how you felt. Those few minutes waiting for the ambulance must have felt like an eternity! Glad she's ok and hope she passes it easily and no more drama. Hope your back is feeling better, too.
A penny saved..what's the remainder of the proverb?
Kidding. SO glad all is well.
No more bad luck allowed,
xx
J
I'm glad she's ok! I swallowed a marble when I was little & I remember it really freaked my mom out!
The dr said it's pretty common though & not always so "safe". He'd had a kid who swallowed an open safety pin!
Hopefully it'll pass soon & this will probably scare her enough that she won't do it again. (worked on me!)
ENOUGH already with the trips to the hospital! Your family has their quota for the year!
~my_teffie (from webmd)
OMG! Thank God she is ok! You relaly deserve a break...yikes!
Oh.My.God! That is so fucking scary.
Oh the poor thing! So glad it ended well!!
oh no! glad she's ok
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