I should probably start by explaining the current condition of my house. Our front room is full of boxes as we attempt to pack and move next week.
It is chaos trying to stay organized during all this with 3 little ones. One week and counting! My kids are not allowed in the front room but I was sorting laundry out there and so they followed me in. I was doing my housewife responsibility when Ashlyn crawled to me and I noticed she was chewing on something. Now this is a regular occurrence with her. She is ALWAYS finding nonfood items and putting them in her mouth...drives me nuts, so I pick her up and start trying to open her mouth to see what she has so I can get it out. Well she wouldn't open it so I stuck my finger in her mouth and what did I find but PINE NEEDLES.
That's right a little branch of pine needles from our Christmas tree that was removed from our house 3 weeks ago! I swear I have vacuumed many times and thought all this stuff was cleaned up. Leave it to Ashlyn to find something she shouldn't.
I realized as I was trying to get this out of her mouth that they were breaking and going farther into her mouth and down her throat and NONE were coming out. So my panic level begins to rise and I begin beating her on the back...NO RESULTS. She begins coughing and gagging... Panic Level intensifies. I continue to pound on her back and call Tyler but by ring 2, her coughing stops, her gagging stops, and she is not getting air. I am now beyond panicked and I am freaking out as I grab the home phone and dial 911 all the while turning her face down, hitting her back, screaming to the 911 lady that my baby is choking. By the time they transfer me to emergency assistance, Ashlyn begins to cough again and therefore begins getting air. Nothing came out so she must have swallowed what remained of our Christmas tree. So here is where the humiliation part sets in. The lady on the phone continues to ask me what she swallowed probably wondering why there were Christmas tree branches in my home 3 weeks after Christmas and how I allowed this to happen. She tells me Paramedics are almost to our home. And this is what arrives, lights and sirens blazing.
Humiliation Part 2 begins as they enter my chaotic mess of a house. Remember the laundry I was attempting to do, well that was all over the last remaining bit of floor that could be seen. I tried to explain that we are moving but they probably didn't hear me and were just thinking, "no wonder this baby choked on something....look at this place." While one paramedic checked Ashlyn, the other one asked me if all these kids are mine. I love that question. I get asked that EVERYDAY because apparently having 3 kids is outrageous. Anyways, the good news, Ashlyn was and is fine. They wanted to take her to the ER by ambulance but we opted not to do that and just call the Pediatrician so that I could retell the story of the Christmas tree branches to cap off my evening of panic and humiliation. It took me about 3 hours to recover from all this and instead of spending the night packing, Tyler and I turned to Matt Damon.
Really good movie by the way.
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Love you... thanks for scaring me the other night, making me chase the fire truck to our house.
Well im glad you finally got to watch the movie, even if it took you a week after borrowing it to finally sit down and watch matt!:) Glad shes fine and can now move on to winning the regis and kelly baby contest :)
I'm glad things are ok. Maybe you can sue your cleaning lady for emotional distress. :)
And the fun keeps coming! Just remember their only little once:) THANK GOODNESS!! JUST KIDDING. I love reading the chaos, because it makes me laugh and reminds me of the times my older 3 girls were younger.
The things we learn... last time I was changing Allie and noticed something was in her mouth- i asked her what was in there as she was laying down getting a new diaper. As she opened up her mouth to show me I watched the penny roll down her throat! Way to go mom- guess I should have sat her up before asking- anyways- she was fine- just came out eventually so watch for a pine fresh diaper soon :)
Glad things turned out ok. And I love the new background, I have wanted to use one of those, but without a facelift or a cute picture it just doesn't look as good. Paying for a facelift is just not my thing ;) and I don't have beautiful pictures of the ocean! Makes me miss Cali
Don't be so hard on yourself, you are doing an AMAZING job! We love you and are glad too, that all is OK.
I'm glad everything is okay! But I'm also glad I'm not the only one whose kids get sick and hurt! I was at the DR this morning with Kourtney (yes, again) because we thought she broke her ankle! The drama is never ending...you'll look back one day and laugh! :)
oh, those are scary moments, and yep, I had one just like yours, my Candice found every bit of crud, lint, hair, button that was ever landed on the floor. I vacuumed everyday! she still found it.
by the way, the scariest thing is when Joy was a baby, I was changing a poopie diaper and found a dime in her poop.. she has swallowed it, and I never knew it, what if it had lodge in her throat,
so scary.
believe me this time is just toughening you up for the teenager years! so fun!
So scary! Sometimes I think it will be a miracle if I can manage to keep my kids alive. In the last month, Josh fell down the stairs at grandma & grandpa's house and Andrew nearly drowned at swimming lessons. Both times I let out this primal scream that I've never heard come out of my mouth before.
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