How many days does it take to digest a screw?
Five. It takes five. Here’s a little story. Saturday afternoon I was folding laundry in my bedroom while the kids were playing in the living room…soon I hear “mom! he’s choking!” I rush out and can hear Vincent making choking/gagging noises and I start to panic. By the time I get to him, it’s over-he swallowed it. He’s not choking. He’s fine. But I’m worried. I have no idea what it is, but I know it isn’t food.
I ask Elora-“did you see what Buddy had in his mouth?”
-“Yes” she says, “ I saw it. It was a gray cylinder.” My first thought is he’s swallowed a battery. Elora tells me she’s sure it isn’t a battery, but it did have an “X” on the end of it. Sounds like a screw. I ask her if it was a screw. “No it isn’t a screw.” I started asking her more questions like “are there any more of them in the house? Can you show me what it is?” We go room to room looking for another one of whatever it is that Vincent swallowed. I ask her more questions, “what do you do with it? It is a toy?” She says she really doesn’t remember. I’m sure it’s either a battery or a screw. Both sound like bad news to me.
So it’s off to the ER. X-rays confirm- it’s a screw. I’m so relieved when the doctor says it should pass through on it’s own and that the chance of perforating anything is very slim. He tell us to watch him closely and rush him back if he seems to be in pain, but otherwise we can just go home and wait for it to come out.
Yesterday finally, I found the screw. Five days and five poopy diapers later. the end.
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Happy Halloween
We went with our good friends, the Wellers, to “trick or treat”. Elora dressed up as a pink fairy, Vincent was Spiderman, and Kailyn was a witch. It was cold, just over 40 degrees, so we only stayed out about a half hour. The kids still got lots of candy and had a good time. Especially Vincent-he loved running house to house for candy.
Vincent wore his costume all day. He’s had it on since breakfast this morning. It’s still on now, he doesn’t want to take it off.
We never got around to carving Jack o Lanterns this year. I’ve have zero motivation for it. The pumpkins I bought 3 weeks ago are still in the trunk of my car. I did however, draw faces on the kids’ clementines at breakfast. Almost the same thing
E and V were impressed.
Vincent wore his costume all day. He’s had it on since breakfast this morning. It’s still on now, he doesn’t want to take it off.
We never got around to carving Jack o Lanterns this year. I’ve have zero motivation for it. The pumpkins I bought 3 weeks ago are still in the trunk of my car. I did however, draw faces on the kids’ clementines at breakfast. Almost the same thing
E and V were impressed.
Surprise!
So I was very shocked and surprised recently when I found out that our family of 4 will soon be a family of 5. This was so unforeseen, so unplanned… I admit I did not take the news well. Now that I’ve had a few weeks to get used to the news, shed a few tears, and time to get some stressing out–out of the way - I can say that I am totally on board now. A new baby is a blessing. We’ll make room! I’m happy.
I had my first visit to the ob today for an ultrasound and got to hear the heartbeat. The next little Robinson is expected to be here 1/12/13.
I had my first visit to the ob today for an ultrasound and got to hear the heartbeat. The next little Robinson is expected to be here 1/12/13.
Vincent's First Trip to the Emergency Room
(and hopefully not the first of many)
We noticed Vincent wasn't using his right arm. And when he did, he would cry and point towards his wrist. It didn't appear to be bruised, swollen, etc. so we weren't sure what was wrong. No one saw him fall down and hurt himself but I thought maybe he had sprained it by falling on it somehow. He's always climbing and jumping on everything in the house. It definitely didn't look broken. Also, he didn't seem to be in constant pain-he was still smiling and laughing for the most part. But if he moved his hurt arm, he would cry out. Mom came over to check on him and decided we probably should get him to the ER to be looked out. We wrapped his wrist and made him a sling out of a scarf to hold his arm still for the car ride over.
After XRays and about 3 hours of waiting around, the doctor met with us and explained he thought maybe Vincent had dislocated his elbow. It's common for children to complain of pain in their wrist with this type of injury-I guess because of the where the nerves are located. The Doc had me hold on to V and said "put your arm around him this is going to hurt". He grabbed hold of his elbow, twisted his arm up and Click! It was back in place and Vincent was using his arm again within 30 seconds! All better. They gave his a dose of Tylenol and some stickers and we where all done. Good as new:)
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