The Pea Removal

The pea removal actually went much better than I thought it would. After church, but before I picked up Max from his Sunday school class, I called several of the local Urgent Care Clinics. All of them referred us to the ER as they were worried that if there were difficulties it could block off an airway. So, we headed over to the ER all the while Max telling me he wanted to go home, he didn't want to go to the doctor, etc. and so on. I had to pull him out of the car and drag him screaming and crying through security and into the ER. Everyone was so nice and we were in and out in less than an hour. This is the second time I have been to this ER (the first being when Max had his first breath holding spell/stopped breathing) and I have had as positive experience as one can have considering you were in an emergency room. We were in within a few minutes of filling out paperwork. The lady that brought us back for a quick medical history and vitals was quick to assure Max that she wasn't the doctor (as he was screaming that he didn't want to see the doctor:) and put the blood pressure on me first before him and other such things to calm him. When we got taken back to a room, he started crying again, but calmed down and started checking things out when I sat on the chair instead of the bed with him and opened the curtain so he could see the comings and goings. The ER doc was great. He came in, did a quick look in Max's nose to confirm a pea was actually present and then went to get this really great tool that blows a bubble up behind the object and allowed him to quickly pull out the pea. It was all really quite quick. I wonder what it says about me that he started to ask if I needed help holding Max down, took a quick looks and said, no you have it covered. LOL. Hey, got to do what you've got to do and I'm still a lot bigger than him. I really felt like I found the perfect doc for the job. He was telling me that he used this tool in NY 10 years ago when he was a resident and he used to carry a personal one in his locker until he convinced the hospital to invest in some. And, he laughed when I told him that the Urgent Care had sent us to ER saying that was because they didn't know about this handy little tool because otherwise it is much harder with higher risk. He said the manufacturer isn't very big or well know, but (my words) they have a great nitch market. It just went well. The security guard and I were laughing because the kid who went in screaming and being dragged left with a smile on his face skipping. Then, we were off to a special Jamba Juice treat before home and nap time. Of course, we played "doctor" on and off after the ER trip where Max was the doctor and I had (at least 100) peas removed today (by one of those baby nose suctions). Before bed, he was getting on his Nemo cell phone and calling the doctor to tell them that 'Momma pea in nose. She WANTS IT OUT". For awhile, he was Dr. H (his ped) then he was "another doctor". Probably the funniest thing in the whole event was that after the pea came out, he wanted to see it so I let him hold it and I think he was going to try to eat it. I told him that one was going into the trash and we could get a fresh pea at home to eat. Lots of role play while he worked it all out and processed it all. Each time he pretended to get a pea out for me, he made sure it went into the pretend trash. Gosh, he is so darn cute and funny. All and all, I think we both got off easy on this one. And, I think he learned a huge lesson on how we don't put thing in our nose (or ears). I'm sure he won't be forgetting this lesson any time soon.