So, the title pretty much says all. I cannot believe that I have not written a blog entry since March 1st... Shame on me! Needless to say, life has been a whirlwind... I will do my best to bring things update. Travel with me, if you will... back to the month of March.
Most mornings I was dropping Phoenix off at his Gigi's house, so that I could make it to my workout class at Pure Barre(this place deserves its own blog entry). Well, we are just about to get down into ab work, when one of the instructors comes and pulls me out of class. Of course I am freaking! I'll cut to the chase and tell you that Phoenix had swallowed a PAPER CLIP. I rush to my grandmother's house in complete distress, not knowing what to expect. Alas, I get there and he is PLAYING on his play-mat! I franticly plop him in the carseat and rush off to the emergency room. Naturally, he falls asleep in the car. Once we get there, we have a zero wait period. The nurse proceeds to wand my child down with a metal detector, while the doctor on-call proceeds to ask me what happened. I of course start feeling like I deserve the mom-of-the-year award as I say, "um.. well... um I wasn't there!" Luckily my mom and grandmother were in tow with me, so my grandmother chimes in, and explains that she was carrying Phoenix around on her hip when the phone rang. With him still on her hip she sat him on the counter and before she could stop him, he picked up the paper clip and popped it in his mouth. I should now mention that my child is freakishly quick. If I didn't know any better, I would think that I procreated with The Flash! Thanks to the wand not picking up on the metal that was floating around in my child's abdomen; I had the beautiful experience of getting the 3rd degree regarding any possibility that I could be pregnant because I was about to embark on the excitement of pinning down my chubby baby so that we could both be exposed to radiation. Yay us! I held down my wailing child for not one, but two X-rays. If I never hear the word paper clip again, it will be too soon. So anyway, I am finally able to console my officially pissed off baby while I wait for the doctor to give us an up date. As you already know, there was indeed, a paper clip located in my child's stomach. Now for the really exciting part... I had the luxury of digging through every poopy diaper for 3 days (who said being a mama was glamours), because the doctor ensured me that his body would work wonders and form a mucus around the foreign object, thus causing zero injury to his little tush (Thank God). Finally, on day 3 I found a little treasure! I have pictures, but I will spare everyone. Although, I must admit, that I considered framing the paper clip and hanging it in his room. Okay, I am joking(kind of).
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Did I mention that all of this took place days before I was about to head to New Orleans to watch my Cards play the Cats in the final four? Mustafa assured me that Phoenix was in good hands with MiMi (my mom), and that at least we knew he was strong, I mean after-all the kid can freakin' eat metal! Sorry parents my son is tougher than yours =)
