Does this make me a bad mother?

I was watching baseball (ok, I wasn't really watching, I really dislike sports...) and was reminded of a story about my youngest son. This happened when he was about 7 and playing in little league, which was 14 years ago.

I had taken him to the doctor for yet another infection of some sort. He'd been plagued with sinus, eye and lung infections from the time he was about two. He also had lots of headaches and HORRIBLE, NASTY breath. During this visit, the doctor was looking up his nose and said that he saw something up there. He got some tweezer-like instrument and started tugging on it. It wouldn't budge, plus it really was hurting my son, so he stopped and scheduled surgery for the next day.

I was not prepared for what the doctor would tell me after surgery. My son had a bic pen cap up his nose. Have you seen a bic pen cap? They're at least an inch long! Worse, it looked as if it'd been up his nose for YEARS. There I was, cradling my unconscious little 7 year old in my lap and I started laughing. I laughed so hard that tears were falling down my face. I'm sure the doctor thought I was a nutcase. But do you blame me? What kid has to go under general anesthesia to get a pen cap removed from his nose? MY KID, that's who!

His older brother then remembered the day that said pen cap went up the nose. They went to work with their dad and were messing around. My youngest was probably almost three. He shoved it up his nose so far that he couldn't get it out, and they were both afraid to tell their dad for fear of getting in trouble.

So, the thing worked its way up into his sinus cavity, causing all the infections and bad breath over those 5 years. FIVE YEARS! It took being beaned by a softball in his nose that brought the thing down far enough for the doctor to see it. Interestingly enough, all the infections (and bad breath) stopped immediately once the cap was removed.

The doctor kept that pen cap for his museum of things he's removed from people's orifices, and I kept the memory of the surprised look from my son's doctor as I was laughing hysterically in the recovery room.


RisibleGirl was blabbing on about another adventure on 10/25 at 05:11 AM
  

crazynavyfishgirl wrote:

OMG, that is TOO funny!!! LOL The poor kid! Five years with a pen cap up his nose?!?

I can't even imagine *giggle* how *giggle* horrible *giggle* those *giggle* headaches must've ben! thanks for the laugh!


  

ED wrote:

LOL
Oh my... tears, I'm crying with laughter, Terry is making funny faces at me again...


  

E wrote:

Next time I talk to someone who has bad breath I'm going to suggest they go to the doctor just in case they have something stuck up their nose since childhood.


  

~~va wrote:

I love this!!! Thanks for a good laugh today, pal!! (and happy to see the house is a GO ... I'm packin' my bag!


  

Wayabetty wrote:

I had to visit you from "The Sarcastic Journalist", and man! 5 years?! Holy crap!! I heard of this kid having a marble stuck up his nose for 3 months but 5 years sure beats the record. This should go into the "Guiness Record" book. Glad he's ok now.


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