A couple days ago Bennett was tackled by his brother Colin while holding something in his mouth. He started gagging and mom went to help him. His breathing wasn't blocked but he kept gagging until he threw-up. We found a lego wheel and figured that he must have gagged on that. Fast forward to this morning. Bennett has been breathing and drinking fine but he seems pretty irritable whenever we try to get him to eat solid food. He gagged up his german pancakes (which he loves) last night and refuses to eat anything but apple sauce and cream of wheat. It is decided that Mom will take him to instacare. There they do an x-ray. What in the world?! The x-ray tech does another one to make sure that the big round thing at the base of his neck is, in fact, in his body. It is. They send us over to the American Fork ER where we see Daddy's cousin Jocelyn Wilson, have the whole ER staff gawk at his x-ray and then we are told that they don't have small enough tools to deal with a boy Bennetts size. We are then sent to Primary Children's Hospital in Salt Lake City. He is expected. Come to find out that the staff has nicknamed him the little piggy bank. Waiting in the ER was the worst part. By that time Bennett was grouchy, hungry, and weary of anyone with a stethoscope. He also hated the IV and additional `x-rays that had to be taken. He had to be put under anesthesia and have the coin removed by a surgeon and a scope. The actual procedure only took about 15 minutes start to finish and when he was done the anesthesiologist came out and asked "have you been to India recently?" confused fears rushed in but then he held up the little bottle with a 5 rupee coin in it. What? Woah! He is doing a lot better now. Eating fries and pizza. Just a little grouchy. He cries whenever he sees the coin.
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