Momma called the Doctor and The Doctor Said...

"Does your daughter have a habit of sticking things up her nose?"

No, but I've heard many other mothers talk of this before and now it has finally happened to me. After Alyssa stared to get sick a few weeks ago, I noticed the her nose had some yucky colored fluids and that it had a foul odor to it. I chalked it up to the fact that she was really getting sick and she had a lot of drainage from that.
But after the last 3 weeks have gone by, I noticed that the smell from her nose has increased tremendously and has gotten to the point where I was getting really grossed out. I called another fellow mother first. My older sister, Tamara, has raised 4 boys and her husband is a doctor. So if I have a medical question, they are first on my list to call before rushing over to the doctor and wasting a $20 copay if there is something simple I can do from home.
My sister tells me though about when one of her boys put something up their nose. This of course alarms me a little. GROSS! After I get off the phone my next conversation goes like this:
Me - "Alyssa honey...did you put something up your nose?
Alyssa- "Yes...(pointing to her nostril) I put a tiny rock up there."
Me - "Are you serious?"
Alyssa- "Yep."

So this morning we went to the pediatrician to see about getting it extracted. But as I feared, it is way too high for them to get it out. We are now on our way this afternoon to a Ear Nose and Throat specialist in Tulsa who will check it out and see what he can do.
I was told by my pediatrician that they may have to put her under anesthesia to perform a procedure to get the rock out.
Oh boy! I think I'm in for a really long day...what do you think?