Comments on: Child Swallowed a Coin? Watch for This Important Sign

By: Lily

Lily

Wasn’t a parent, but I was the child that swallowed the coin. I was 5 or 4 years old, my grandpa gave me a coin, I put it in a cup, and started putting it in my mouth and putting it back in the cup. Suddenly it got stuck in my throat. My mum was upstairs, I tried calling for her. Luckily I was loud enough.

I still remember going to the hospital..

By: Elysa

Elysa

My son when he was a year old swallowed a watch battery. So that was very hard on him and for us. He had to stay at the hospital for a week and had surgery down his throat to get it out. It had gotten stuck and the had to remove it. Be careful what your kids can be around cause if I won’t able to get there when I did the doctor said my son would’ve died. The battery had been in his Esophagus for so long it was almost all the way through and it would’ve killed him. Thank god it didn’t. I think Greenville hospital every day for saving my sons life. Thanks to them he is alive.

By: Kaylee

Kaylee

In reply to Lisa. Did it pass okay? This just happened to my 2 year old with a quarter.

By: Sandy

Sandy

My 5yo swallowed a dime about 12 days ago…first poop..no dime…. second one she went and flushed before telling me..=..( .3rd 4th 5th…nothing…she then accidentally flushed a small poop. should I keep straining it?

By: Dee

Dee

My 2 year old just did that. Luckily, she was able to pass it and had no signs of trouble, just her normal self. However I’m in mommy panic mode wishing and hoping we do not have to go through surgery. She swallowed a penny the day before Thanksgiving. I was cleaning, I noticed the penny on the green table and had told one of my oldest to put it up as it was their penny. My 2 year old was watching tablet laying down on the bed as I folded clothes and I didn’t even know she had scooped the penny up and was playing with it in her mouth until she immediately sprung up coughing and gagging. Then she took a big gulp and I ended up putting two and two together and noticing the penny was gone from the green kids table and I grabbed another penny and ask if this is what she ate. She replied yes. So to the e.r. we went and now it’s finally out so our penny scary journey is done. I will now just put things up myself from now on..

By: Sandra Dellegrazie

Sandra Dellegrazie

In reply to Kerri Sullins. The US was NOT in any means built on freedom. Rather slavery , lies and devastation sounds more like it , also it’s not political to say that we are happy to live in a country where we have the benefits of “ mostly free “ health care.

By: Someone

Someone

My brother swallowed a penny today and I can’t stop crying.

By: Heather

Heather

In reply to Debbie. Did u guys get it out?

By: Heather M Perryman

Heather M Perryman

In reply to Lisa. How long did it take to pass?

By: Lisa

Lisa

My 2 year old swallowd a quarter last night. He came to me gagging as i was Cooking dinner. As I went to turn him over and pat his back, he started crying, so I knew his airway was clear. His dad and I rushed him to the ER, and sure enough the x-ray showed a quarter in his stomach! He has to go back in two days to get an x-ray. This was by far the scariest thing that has happened as parents for us!

By: Serenity Martel

Serenity Martel

for some reason, my 13-year old daughter decided it would be a good idea try and make her friends laugh by swallowing 5 dimes, me and my husband had to bring her home early from school because she was throwing them up. She is ok now but was puking for a good 2 hours.

By: Debbie

Debbie

Hi. Our almost 4 year old daughter swallowed a penny tomorrow is a week ago. She told me about it at 10 pm one night. I didn’t know if it was imagination or real. I took her the next morning to our urgent care because I knew they could x-ray her and our pediatric office could not. The doctor was great, said no big deal. It was in her stomach and she would pass it by the next evening. That did not happen. I took her back for another x-ray. It is still in her stomach and appears to have moved up not down. He is very worried now. We see her pediatrician in the morning for I am sure a referral. Looks like we are headed for an EGD soon to get it out. Pennies dated prior to 1982 left in the stomach can cause kidney problems and bleeding ulcers. So. Parents, please be careful. Follow your God given gut feelings. And say a prayer for our baby girl.

By: Stef

Stef

In reply to Erin. My daughter swallowed a quarter 2 days ago and my daughter is potty trained, i keep telling her she needs to hurry and poop it out. Im so nervous and anxious waiting for it!!!

By: GrandmaFoyBell

GrandmaFoyBell

I am glad your daughter is doing well.

My granddaughter swallowed what we thought was a quarter, because of the size of the metal that was in her stomach from the x-rays. 7 days later, a penny came out of her poop!

Before we waited for it to pass, we immediately took her in for x-rays!! That is when we learned the coin had made it to her stomach. We followed the medical advise to wait and take x-rays in about 5 days. As long as she was active, we were told that all is well.

Because of your experiences and other’s experiences, we didn’t stress out (and my prayers, of course). Thanks for the internet and people like you.

Be Blessed!!!!

By: Dianne Brody

Dianne Brody

Kelly I don’t think it is a guilt story. It is a reminder that these little ones for a few years do need vigilance from parents. No more dropping your purse wherever when you walk in the door. No more waste baskets with toiletries disposed in them on the open floor. And as a new grandmother if I hear “oh it will build up their immune system” when they chew on the dog toys I am going to scream. We didn’t have purell all over the house we didn’t have alot of todays convenience. Our kids played in the dirt, swung from trees, and went to the park, we had pets. But we were vigilant and respectful no matter how tired we were. We had 3 children under the age of 4 and our fair share of stiches etc.
But we adapted to our children not the other way around. Accidents will always happen… toddlers and kids are curious and resourceful but the level of ..”oh no big deal” is painful to watch.. no need to hover but basic change of habits is so important during this time. Too often there is no learning curve on child safety.
I loved this mom’s perspective. . No perfection needed.

By: Ari

Ari

Glad to hear your son is ok but the US health system is truly broken.

By: Candace

Candace

I swallowed a quarter when I was 7, it was scary and I never told anyone about it. Just reading this story makes me think what a big problem it could have been. I remember going to sleep that night and could feel it in my throat. I assume it passed safely…I’m still here 28 years later.so think about all those things that happen when your not looking and be grateful that if was going to cause a problem be glad you were there.

By: Nina

Nina

Wow, so scary, Kelly. Gosh I can just imagine all the feelings you went through—guilt, fear, wondering “If I’d only done that…” Ugh. I’m so glad your little girl is okay, and that you listened to her words and took action. Talk about an expensive lesson to learn that kids really do put things in their mouths!

By: michele

michele

My daughter called me at work one morning to tell me that something weird was going on with my 2 year old granddaughter. she kept coughing and sometimes around her mouth turned sort of blueish. I asked if she had drank some kind of chemical she said no, I asked if she could have swallowed a toy- she said she didnt think so and she seemed to be breathing ok. I asked her if she thought she should go to the Dr. she wasnt really sure. I got this same call every hour or so, so finally I told her to meet me at my work and we would drive her to the quick care. That was 20 minutes away. They really were in no hurry to take her in the room and when they finally did they told us an x ray showed she swallowed a nickel and we needed to take her to the hospital to have it removed. we started driving to the hospital and she immediately started coughing and turning blue so we pulled into the fire department and they had an ambulance take us to the hospital (which is what the quick care should have done we were told) We got to the hospital and even though they were in no hurry they agreed she needed surgery to have it removed. We waited for her to come out of surgery and when she did the Dr. said he couldnt believe it–it was a quarter she had swallowed!!! We got that same container as you and we have a quarter in it and it also sits where we can see it as a reminder…..when she was 5 she stuck a penny up her nose and the ambulance came and removed it!! KIDS……..

By: Becca

Becca

In reply to Kerri Sullins.

Way to NOT make things political! Lots of us (myself included) live in free countries that also provide health care. I was born and raised in the US and now live in Australia and health care is the #2 reason I will never move back to the US. (The lack of gun control is #1. My children’s freedom to, you know, actually live – let alone live without fear – trumps anyone’s freedom to carry semi-automatic weapons.) I strongly suggest you travel a bit and broaden your horizons. The US does not have a monopoly on freedom!