And To Think We Forgot...

One evening a few weeks ago, Randy had to bring Colter into the doctor for some medical attention.  Two nights later, some of
our friends said they had noticed Randy driving home from town that evening.  They waved but he hadn't seen them.  Randy and
I tried and tried to remember why he had gone to town that evening but couldn't remember anything!!  As we were driving home
that night it hit us like a bullet! We felt pretty silly for forgetting this so Randy wrote this email to our friends to fill
them in.  I still can't believe we totally forgot about this but I guess it was a busy weekend and I guess we were worn out by
the time we talked to them.  So since this blog is my memory help these days, I thought I better record it here so we don't
forget again...

Dear (Friend),

Just had to let you know it was me you saw!  Here is the story.

I had shown Colter earlier in the week that you could eat wheat.  You shell it out and 
eat the kernel.  I told him NOT TO EAT ANY OTHER PART OF THE WHEAT!
He saved a head and later started to eat the head and a beard got stuck in his throat.  I 
was at work and Alison couldn't get a hold of me and Colter was in much discomfort having 
this barb stuck in his throat so she took him into the doctor.   The doctor couldn't see 
anything and sent them home.  Once I got off work I heard about the whole episode and 
Colter was still in much discomfort so I grabbed the flashlight and depressed his tongue 
with a spoon and there it was the barb simply stuck to the back of his throat between 
and behind his tonsils.   The closest medical tool I had, which I have used many times 
for medical purposes such as pulling teeth, was a pair of needle nose pliers.  I tried to 
get to the barb but he wouldn't let me.  So I loaded him up in the pickup and brought 
him to the doctor that didn't see the barb in the first place.   She STILL didn't see 
it!  I suggested that she better look again because I can!  Anyway, she finally 
saw it and sent us to a ear nose and throat specialist to have it removed.    

The ear nose and throat specialist put on these funny looking glasses with some 2" 
long protruding magnifying glass tubes and a head lamp and lurched into Colters mouth for 
a peak.  "I see it!" he blurted out.   "Going to need some help with this one," he 
said to his assistant.  He grabbed a spray bottle and began to hose down the inside of 
Colters mouth with this icky stuff with no prior warning.  

If you know Colter, there are times when he can get quite introverted.  BOOM just like 
that he had enough of this specialist.  The specialist tried to reason it though with a 
seven year old.  "You can get this removed right now for $20 or it'll cost you 
$2000 in the emergency room because they'll have to put you under".    That by the 
way is no way to reason with a seven year old!   A father however, understands!   

We ended up leaving the specialist and heading home!   Sorry I didn't wave.  I should 
have saw you.  I was just thinking about trying to remove this barb one more time before 
bringing him to ER.  I sat Colter on a chair once at home and he very bravely fought back 
gags and let me pluck the barb out with the needle nose pliers.

Happy ending to a busy week and to think that I forgot all about it already.

Randy

Does anyone else have any stories about the crazy things their kids have done?  Or about the crazy things YOU have done, like
using a needle nose pliers to removes something from your 7 year old's throat, or forgetting that you had to go to 3 doctors in
1 day and then instead had to administer the medical treatment yourself?  Leave us a comment and make us smile, or at least
reassure us that we are not alone on this journey of parenthood! ;)

Have a great week!