Post by MaggiesMom on Mar 23, 2005 0:07:03 GMT -5
Hello all!
It's been a long time and I have lots of excuses, but you all live the same busy life I do, so they don't count huh?
I wanted to drop in and say hello. Maggie is growing and getting way too big. She turned 4 on Valentine's Day and is aging her mother very quickly!
Let me give you an example of just what I mean...last week, Maggie was watching Barney, Daddy was fixing the toilet upstairs and Brother was out with a friend. Mommy decides she needs to go potty for all of hmmmm, 60 seconds, and when I come out, guess who is chewing on a AAA battery? You guessed it!
Now let me remind you that this is the child that refuses to put any "whole" foods in her mouth. She has to have everything mashed or baby food added to swallow it down. No chewing, biting, etc.
So I take the battery away and go into her play room to see where she found it. I'm guessing that she had gotten her Daddy's remote control, dropped it and the back had popped off. I found the remote and had one battery in my hand, but I couldn't find the other one.
To make a long, long story shorter...we tore the house upside down looking for the battery and never found it. She only had 60 seconds to stash it, so we new it couldn't have gone far. I called the doctor and poison control to ask "what if" questions. They told us to give her milk and take her in to the doc in the morning if the battery didn't show up.
No battery, so we go to the doc, to get x-rays and there it was! IN HER STOMACH!!! Ugh! We then get sent to a GI specialtist in another town, wait in their ER, get more x-rays, and wait!
GI doc decides he can remove it by scoping her through her mouth and pulling it out. They put her to sleep, in goes the scope, down goes the battery. Too low to get it. So they then decide to flush her system all night and I mean FLUSH to see if she can get rid of it on her own, or at least move it on down. 100 nasty diapers, bed sheets, gowns, socks etc. etc. later, no battery.
More x-rays, the GI doc decides it's low enough now he can reach it from the bottom end. Ouch! Back to sleep she goes and he gets it!!! Yippee! He had the surgeon on stand by just in case he didn't. Thankfully, it all came out in the end. (Sorry, had to say it!)
Maggie's new nickname is "Bunny" and she's no worse for wear. She's already working on her next trick. Whatever that may be.
Hey Robin...the other one...did Chase lose any of his escpaing genes? Maggie seems to have found some!
We've found her twice in the middle of the road. Ack! Needless to say, doors are locked, batteries are 6 feet off the floor.
So you can see, we've had an interesting time here lately. I've finished my classes to get my teacher's license renewed. Yeah! I'm tutoring 7 students in the evenings right now and I'm working at Weight watcher's as a receptionist. Still homeschooling and scrapbooking. I'm too busy to remember what day it is!
I lost 30 pounds since last July and am loving working for WW. I enjoy getting out of the house too.
I better run. You all take care and give those kids a hug! I wish I had more time to chat. But, life keeps getting in the way.
Robin M - Maggie's mom
It's been a long time and I have lots of excuses, but you all live the same busy life I do, so they don't count huh?
I wanted to drop in and say hello. Maggie is growing and getting way too big. She turned 4 on Valentine's Day and is aging her mother very quickly!
Let me give you an example of just what I mean...last week, Maggie was watching Barney, Daddy was fixing the toilet upstairs and Brother was out with a friend. Mommy decides she needs to go potty for all of hmmmm, 60 seconds, and when I come out, guess who is chewing on a AAA battery? You guessed it!
Now let me remind you that this is the child that refuses to put any "whole" foods in her mouth. She has to have everything mashed or baby food added to swallow it down. No chewing, biting, etc.
So I take the battery away and go into her play room to see where she found it. I'm guessing that she had gotten her Daddy's remote control, dropped it and the back had popped off. I found the remote and had one battery in my hand, but I couldn't find the other one.
To make a long, long story shorter...we tore the house upside down looking for the battery and never found it. She only had 60 seconds to stash it, so we new it couldn't have gone far. I called the doctor and poison control to ask "what if" questions. They told us to give her milk and take her in to the doc in the morning if the battery didn't show up.
No battery, so we go to the doc, to get x-rays and there it was! IN HER STOMACH!!! Ugh! We then get sent to a GI specialtist in another town, wait in their ER, get more x-rays, and wait!
GI doc decides he can remove it by scoping her through her mouth and pulling it out. They put her to sleep, in goes the scope, down goes the battery. Too low to get it. So they then decide to flush her system all night and I mean FLUSH to see if she can get rid of it on her own, or at least move it on down. 100 nasty diapers, bed sheets, gowns, socks etc. etc. later, no battery.
More x-rays, the GI doc decides it's low enough now he can reach it from the bottom end. Ouch! Back to sleep she goes and he gets it!!! Yippee! He had the surgeon on stand by just in case he didn't. Thankfully, it all came out in the end. (Sorry, had to say it!)
Maggie's new nickname is "Bunny" and she's no worse for wear. She's already working on her next trick. Whatever that may be.
Hey Robin...the other one...did Chase lose any of his escpaing genes? Maggie seems to have found some!
We've found her twice in the middle of the road. Ack! Needless to say, doors are locked, batteries are 6 feet off the floor. So you can see, we've had an interesting time here lately. I've finished my classes to get my teacher's license renewed. Yeah! I'm tutoring 7 students in the evenings right now and I'm working at Weight watcher's as a receptionist. Still homeschooling and scrapbooking. I'm too busy to remember what day it is!
I lost 30 pounds since last July and am loving working for WW. I enjoy getting out of the house too.
I better run. You all take care and give those kids a hug! I wish I had more time to chat. But, life keeps getting in the way.
Robin M - Maggie's mom
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Susan, Proud mom of Michael (32), Justin (25) Emily (22ds), and Jordan (20).
