The swallowed battery - how quickly a day can change....

Well...Noah swallowed a battery today...and thank God I saw it happen (though I wish I had seen it 5 seconds sooner), as it turned out to be a highly corrosive battery that could have done some serious damage. However, he ended up having to have it surgically removed through is esophagus. Here Jordan and Noah are in the waiting room at the E.R.



This is when Noah went in to get the X-Ray.



This is Noah's X-Ray.....battery and all



This is Noah, right before they took him to the operating room. Talk about a wreck of a mama.



And finally, here are the surgical pictures they took while removing the battery. Thankfully, they were able to remove it, and after 8 hours in the hospital, We are home.



Noah is okay. His throat is very sore and swollen, and he is completely passed out (though I hear him coughing every few minutes). It was quite the experience, and I am so so so grateful he is okay.

It is so insane, I have never met a kid that needed to be watched so intensely. The kid never quits moving - and the more you try to keep things from him - the more he figures out ways to climb and move chairs. Unfortunately, today was a time I just didn't get there fast enough, but he is fine so thank you everyone that prayed for us throughout the day.