The Screw

Last Thursday I was in the kitchen cooking for a party that I was having. Kale was also in the kitchen playing in the cupboards. I looked over at him, and could tell that he had something in his mouth. I went over to him and told him to spit it out. He promptly shut his mouth. I picked him up and got him to open his mouth. Inside we two 1inch screws. I started to fish them out even though he didn't want me to. I successfully got one out, and as I was trying for the 2nd one, he swallowed it. I call my sister Janae, and asked her what she thought I should do. I ended up calling the Ped Dr. and was able to get Kale in to see her at 7:30 that night. He swallowed it around 6:00. Like I said, I was having a party, and so my ever so WONDERFUL husband took Kale to the DR. They took and X-ray and sure enough, it was in his stomach plane as day. The Dr. told Dev that he would pooh it out, but to keep and eye on him for any weirdness. Kale went to bed just fine, and woke up about 11:30 crying. I could tell that he was trying to throw up, but nothing was coming up. I settled him down and went back to bed. at about 1;30, he woke again, doing the same thing, only this time he wouldn't let me put him down. I draped a towel between him and me and laid down. the next thing I know, he is puking, puking and puking some more. Dev and I were worried about the screw coming back up, so we took him to the ER at 2:00am. They took another x-ray, and the screw was still in his belly only it was farther down. We came home, I got puked on again only this time with no towel, and he went to bed and slept in until 9:30. The Dr. told us to keep and eye on his pooh, until we find the screw. Well, I took him in on Monday for another x-ray, and the screw was gone. We unfortunately didn't find it in his pooh (thank goodness), but it is know longer in him!