4:45 pm Porter wakes up from his nap wanting a snack! So I give him some left over Popcorn from the night before!!
5:30 pm While starting dinner Porter approaches me saying "Mommy, nose hurts!" So I take a gander into his nostril to see a unpopped Corn Kernel lodged inside. So I tell him not to touch his nose and grab my bulb (nose sucker thing) and tried unsuccessfully to get it out. While I was trying to suck it OUT, Porter was busy sucking it IN! After a half an hour and many attempts, we decide we have no choice but to take a trip to Urgent Care.
6:15 pm Arrived at Urgent Care....and waited FOREVER to see the rudest doctor.
7:50 pm The oh so lovely doctor tells me that we are going to plug the other nostril and blow in his mouth to try and dislodge it. And if that doesnt work we will have to go to the ER. WHAT?? Two hours and a copay and thats all they are going to try?! Couldnt they have just told this to me when I got there??? I was NOT so happy to say the least, so I just didnt say a word, and after that lovely attempt didnt work (big surprise) I left really irritated.
8:15 pm Dropped Anastyn off with a friend so I didnt have to take Porter to the ER by myself (Thanks Heidi!!) and we headed to Chandler Regional.
8:45 pm Jack in the Box drive through to pick up some dinner.
9:00 pm Signed in to the ER and Porter enjoying his taco. (well half of it)
11:30 pm Porter mummy wrapped and FOUR grown men (all of good size) failed at the attempt to hold down my two year old to see in his nose. After multiple struggles, the doctor sees the Kernal that is now lodged as far back as possible.
12:00 am They move us to a room in the ER where its decided that the only way to remove this "snack" is to sedate my poor baby boy!! WHAT? I knew from the get go that this was most likely going to happen, but when its actually in the plans...I can feel the water works starting.
12:05 am The doctor breaks the news to us that because of Porter's "half taco" he had at 9, that we would have to wait a total of 6 hours in order to put him under. Which means it would be 3 am before they could even START the procedure. Oh man, here we go!
12:30 am Kameron goes to catch some sleep in the car (he had court at 9am) while I try to settle a two year old down enough to sleep.
1:30 am Spongebob finally ends and I am able to get my little man fast asleep!
2:20 am The nurse comes in to put in his IV. Big struggle, mad Porter, and a very tired Mommy trying to get him BACK to sleep.
3:15 am Before he was able to wake up completely they were able to put him under, and with a couple extra doses of what his funny male nurse called "milk of amnesia" he was calm enough for them to remove the large corn kernel from his poor little nose.
4:00 am Porter is awake, and NOT happy. While he was under we also had them remove an infected splinter we think he picked up last week in St Johns, and had just barely noticed.5:00 am Porter gets a cute little lion for being so brave and we are finally discharged. It was light outside on our way home....uhhhhh
5:30 am Picked up Anastyn and headed home. Put the kids to bed and hopped in bed ourselves.7:30 am Kameron wakes up to feed the baby and head off to court.
8:30 am Anastyn wakes up and decides she doesnt want to sleep anymore. Joy!!
So now its noon and Kameron just layed down to nap. Two hours of sleep in 48 hours makes you a little loopy, but I am so glad that Porter is ok. The little stinker. How can an innocent sunday snack turn into 12 hours worth of medical care??? However, I think Porter learned his lesson, and may now be permenantly damaged of any and all hospitals. But hey if that keeps his nasal passage clear, then so be it! There you have it folks...yet another story on Porter. I told Kameron that I could seriously write a book on all of Porter's little mishaps and call it "Surviving Porter!" Despite the craziness that is my child, we sure love him and he is seriously the funnest cutest kid around! We're glad you are feeling all better Monster!
11 comments:
all i can say is wow! porter is a crack up. that little guy gets into everything, it makes me scared for my little man to grow up. the things i have to look forward to. well i am glad that he is ok. hope you get some sleep!
well goodness gracious porter! you sure know how to keep the attention focused on you :) that is one crazy story!
gina...go try to get some sleep! holy cow woman you must be tired!
Poor kid! Hopefully he learned his lesson...but knowing that kid, I doubt it.
you poor thing :). I am surprised they had to put him out. When Brecken was younger he shoved a piece of apple up his nose. We all tried everything (even a vaccuum...lol). When they took him in they used this cool little tool that you stick up there, then it inflates a little bubble and then you pull it out. I guess Porter's must've been wedged in there too far to get anything past it.
haha what a night you guys had. You are going to have some good stories to tell his wife in the future lol. I am glad that he is doing well and they were able to get that out : )
Oh my goodness! You will be so glad that you blogged all of these adventures when you go back and read them later!
Oh my heck! I'm so sorry! You should make a book of just mishaps of porter! That would be hilarious and he would sure love it when he's older!
geez girl what a fun day to say the least. i'm glad he is doing alright, cute kid. man oh man! hey i love your new family photos as well. so cute!
Only a little boy could manage to do that! What craziness!
Oh, crazy kid! He'll probably have a son that will do the same stuff to him. Nathan stuck paper up his nose several times and way far up there, I used tweezers and plugged the other nostril and had him blow. I was lucky. He's also stuck crayon, raisins, and toys up there as well. You may have more fun nose things to look forward to. :)
Oh my goodness! Poor little guy. You really do go through completely different things with boys don't you? haha
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