Eeyore was eating an apple when I looked up at him and he had a panicked look on his face. I asked what was wrong, thinking he was choking and ohmigod I’m going to have to do the Heimlich maneuver and a big ol’ chunk of apple is going to come flying out of this kids throat but what if it doesn’t and HOLYSHIT he could die! He answered me that he couldn’t swallow anymore because it hurt to bad. I said lets go get a drink of water, assuming he had just swallowed a piece of apple wrong and it was hurting his throat.
We went to the kitchen. He started gagging. I started imagining him dying on our kitchen floor. He bent over the garbage can, puked up a bunch of brown stuff (apparently when you eat a whole bag of m&m’s you don’t get rainbow puke, just a brown soupy mixture) and I got him some water and wiped his mouth.
He straightened up, stated "I’m okay," and walked off.
Great. If your so fine, maybe you could go dial 911 for me, cuz I’m pretty sure my heart just stopped.

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Oh, Man are you havin’ a day! Glad the boy’s okay!
How’s that juice box doin’? Being nursed back to health by the girl…
By Long Island Dad on 02.28.07 3:45 pm | Permalink
I have my freak outs like that in the car. Julia will make a funny noise that I am certain means she’s choking and I’ll ask, “Are you okay? ARE YOU OKAY?” And she will not answer. Everytime I pull over, she’s okay. Although I realize she’s always okay, I still pull over because the first time I don’t, it’ll be for real.
By Leslie on 03.01.07 4:13 pm | Permalink
My heart stopped too just reading this. Gah.
By Nancy on 03.02.07 10:36 am | Permalink
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