For those who has no idea what I'm talking about, the story goes like this:
One fine day (during Chinese lesson), my 6yr old son Hans decided to take out his wallet, & the $1 coin inside, put it into his mouth (unthinkingly) & ACCIDENTALLY swallowed it.
Teacher called me from school, "Mrs Jubilee, I'm your son's Chinese teacher (my heart sank... did Hans made trouble in his Chinese class???). I don't want to alarm you, but... your son just swallowed a $1 coin."
"HUH??!!?" was my verbal response to her.
"We're bringing him to the hospital now, do you want to meet us there?"
Yes, of course. There goes my quiet morning.
At the children's hospital, the abdominal X-Ray shows it's in the tummy. Quite a relief for me to see it there actually, knowing it's exact location, rather than 2nd guessing if it's really inside him or not. Now, won't you agree with me, that it's quite unbelievable/bizarre really?
The doctor was a friendly gentleman, who teased Hans not to treat his body as the piggy bank. Then he assured me, that most likely it'll come out of his system in due time. Could be as fast as a day, or few days later.
Then, came his assignment to me.
"You'll have to go through his poop, until it's found." Err...."What???" If he "goes" in school, or outside, there's nothing we can do about it. But, for our own peace of mind, it's better to "find" the coin, else we've to bring him back to see a specialist, do another scan/x-ray, and (in a rare & unlikely scenario) a scope need to be done, to have it removed.
Duhh ... I know treasure hunt is a tough/tiring/dirty work. But never in my wildest imagination anticipate that I'll have to go through this (category) of "Treasure Hunt". Moreover, it has to happen when my husband is away on a business trip to Bangladesh! Otherwise, I can pass on this honour to him, hehee.... *evil laugh*
Today (2 days later), I embarked on my "1st attempt" at "treasure-hunting". Gross-ology is definitely not an understatement, haha...
Unfortunately, the treasure is not found, & my search continues...
Pls keep us in prayer, for God's protection over Hans, & quick find for me ^^
*PS: Hans is otherwise fine, & his usual active/mischievous/giggly self. I often wonder if I really need to go thru this at all? Would you?
glad he is fine! being an xray tech myself i know how scary it is for parents to go through something like that! i love your etsy shop and i stole your little button to post on my blog :)
ReplyDeleteHello Curious Pug,
ReplyDeleteThank you for the kind support! ^^
Yes, my son's fine ;) We did "search" thru his poop the 1st 3 times, but didnt find the coin :( & by now we stopped doing that alrd.
Wondering if it's really worth going thru it each time when it'll eventually come out (right?) hehe...