Last night Alex was at my mom's house and was playing with a round brass disc that is on her coffee table, about the size of a quarter, while he was watching tv. He told us he threw it up in the air and it landed on his tongue and he accidentally swallowed it. What? Sometimes, and I am not trying to sound like a mean mom, but sometimes he does make things up. So, did he really do it? Well, he started grabbing his throat and saying it was stuck, so we made plans to take him to the hospital for an x-ray. That did not go over well - Alex goes into panic mode when we mention a hospital because he has had to be there so many times for surgeries.

He then told us it was gone, not in his throat anymore and that it would "go into my stomach, then my butt, then it will be gone!" Against my better judgement we waited and he really did seem fine - we had dinner, family basketball game, showers, and stories before bed - and he seemed fine.

This morning, the first thing he did was feel his throat, and when I asked him what was wrong he said, "Ah, nothing, it's gone mom." Hmmm, do I believe him and hope he passes it, or suffer through dragging him in for an x-ray? My husband just told me this morning that he started watching a show on Discovery last night which ironically enough was about kids who swallowed things and ended up needing emergency surgery or even worse, not making it. Guess I will take my chances with the hospital......