An Expensive Quarter!

Well it all started on Saturday night - Colby decided that his tummy might make a pretty good piggy bank. He was being rewarded with quarters for going to the potty and he thought he would invest his money in the tummy. Soooooo....I called the Pediatrician to let them know that Colby had swallowed a quarter and he said "Wow, that's the 2nd in an hour, the first was a dime!" He told us that more than likely it would pass but if it hadn't passed by Tuesday to bring him into the office for x-rays. Nothing about my child is "likely!" Sooooo.....we headed to Shreveport this morning (Wednesday) for our appointment at 8:30. They took xrays and there was definitely a quarter still in there. They said the chances of him passing it on his own were one in a million. It is lodged at the "drain" of the stomach and the opening of the intestines so they told us we needed to have an endoscopy done to remove it. So.........we are scheduled for him to have an endoscopy at 6:30 in the morning at Schumpert in Shreveport. He has had this procedure done before back when he was almost two and having tummy troubles. He was a little younger and didn't really understand as much as he does now. I'm a little worried that he might be a little nervous in the morning. But everything went fine that time and I'm trusting it will all be fine this time too.

While we were there, Eli got his 3 month check up and they said he was a healthy boy. He weighs 12 pounds, 2 ounces and he is 22 inches long. He is really smiling and "talking" these days....such a precious boy!

Well please keep us in your prayers in the morning. And, by the way, after tomorrow, the quarter is up for grabs....to the highest bidder!!!!