A few nights ago, Ella came into our room. By my recollection it was about 12:30 (Shannon puts it at 1am) and Ella was pretty upset. Eventually, we got out of her that she has swallowed a coin in the middle of the night. (Because who doesn't wake up in the middle of the night and think, I'll just pop in a half Euro coin - the suspected culprit - before I nod back off?)
Shannon details the full story. This would have been completely out of character, had Ella not eaten a button a few months ago. So, assuming the worst, she did get some x-rays out of the deal, and it looks like it was all a ruse. No coins were anywhere to be found - so I guess it was all a dream?
It's hard enough as a parent to figure out what your kid is saying sometimes. Like, literally figuring out what words are coming out of their mouth. A second layer of interpretation is often required to determine what your child means. The third layer in the puzzle is then determining what you want to believe based on what your child is trying to tell you. The fourth layer of fun here is when the kid may not even know what is true or real to begin with. And of course the final layer of difficulty is that you have to do this in the middle of the night when all you really want to do is just go back to sleep.
All's well that ends well, I suppose. Ella is a little bit more radioactive now. The suspected coin remains at large as far as I know - so really the only place we're pretty sure it isn't is in Ella's gut. Hopefully we don't dream up any more nebulous minor medical emergencies any time soon.
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