My son aspirated rice?

Ask her if they were allowing him to sniff rice.


Glad to know he is doing OK.

 

It sounded like you did everything right. I am not a parent, but from what you described I would probably do basically the same thing. I doubt that sniffling would cause something to show up on an xray. If the doctor found a physical spot on the lung, then that was something physical there. All sniffling does, is cause mucus to drain into the lung, thereby cause coughing/hacking. {ask dad and gf for their medical diplomas, since they seemed to think you overreacted. }

I do not think you over reacted at all. What is worse?: possibly overreacting and finding out nothing is wrong. Or not doing anything and finding out something was wrong. The best thing you can usually do is trust your instincts. If your gut is telling you something could be wrong, you do not ignore it and you do what you have to, to get things taken care of.

Finally I have taken CPR courses, and one thing they tell us, is that is someone chokes on food or other item, even if it doesnt fully block the wind pipe, it is always best to get it checked out from a doctor. Not knowing if the pipe or lung could have been damaged from the coughing or item.

 

We are glad to hear your little one is getting up and about...

 

I think over reaction in this kind of situation is much better than no action. Unless you are a Doctor yourself, its the best to act fast and find its all okay than being too late. I'm glad your son is on his way to getting better.

 

Here is my 2 cents for what it is worth:

1. Doctors don't press the panic button because they like to get attention. There was a real concern/sense of urgency in the minds of all the doctors that were consulted.

2. Sounds like your ex's GF doesn't know boo about medical matters (there is nothing like having ignorant people render medical opinions). BTW, the last I checked, pneumonia is a condition of the lungs, not the sinus cavities. I personally have had 3 bouts of pneumonia in my life, so I know a little bit about it.

 

is she blonde? enough said.

 

Octavia,

I've heard on medical reports now that they don't recommend you BLOW your nose when you're sick- it actually causes backpressure that feeds gunk INTO your lungs or may cause bad sinus pressure and do other damage.

Here's a link you may want to read:
Blowing Your Nose Could Spread Infection, at womenshealthmag.com | Women's Health Magazine

 

How many lines of rice did your son do? Tell him next time to cut it up finer.

(I figured I could safely switch to humor, since your son seems to be doing well.)

I have, on more than one occasion, managed to get food stuck in my nose. Kernels of corn are particularly good for this. For me, all it takes is talking at the wrong time, or a poorly timed sneeze. Once it's up there, all you can do is try to snort it back down. I can see how you could easily aspirate a grain of rice in this situation.

Tom

 

hmm. that is debatable.

either way, i am glad your son is ok. kids seem to do a lot of "adventurous" things

as i understand it, when you sniffle instead of blow, all the gunk goes into your stomach... i know its gross, but stomach acid kills the germs before they do any harm.

when breathing, the air for a short distance can go either to stomach or lungs. however, heavy stuff like snot, rice, etc usually goes to stomach simply because its too heavy. its kinda like a filtering system.

granted, its not perfect and some particles will hit the lungs if small enough and light enough and you inhale hard enough...

but generally speaking, when you have 3 "enoughs" you are not likely to have issues most of the time.

last week, we went to Olive Garden for dinner, and first thing my son did was jam about half a piece of bread in his mouth (something he does all the time despite our constant objections!!) well this time it was too much, we were able to get it out before he passed out, but for about 30-45 seconds it was VERY dramatic.

i did notice that after that, he was much more careful about his eating. all in all, he did not get scared over the situation (great for a not quite 3 YO) but at the same time, realized that what he was doing did not work either.

 

Says the local Doc :-p

I will tell you though... a month or so ago i think i ended up with an M&M in my lung (seriously). Don't ask how, i don't exactly know, other than i know exactly when it happened, and it freaked me out a bit at first. After a lot of coughing over the next few days (and some seriously weird looking phlegm), and a soreness that i swear was in the upper portion of my left lung, it was all cleared out and better.

The body actively works to remove foreign bodies from the lungs - it coats them with mucus, triggers coughing, all with the goal of dislodging and expelling the foreign body. Odds are, if left for a few days/a week, the junk would have come out and the cough subsided. But it's better not to take chances, and if the doctors thought it was best to go in and look around, then that was definitely the right choice.

To make you feel better, read this: Fast-food plastic fragment removed from lung of Wendy's customer | New Orleans Health and Fitness - New Orleans Health News & Information - NOLA.com

you just can't make up stuff like that.

 

i have also sucked in undesirables that i expelled thru the nostrils as well, and it always seems to happen if i am laughing and eating at the same time...

i think we need to refrain from swallowing and inhaling at the same time since refraining from laughing is exactly the opposite direction we all need to take

 

Sure it's possible. It's also "possible" the sun tomorrow will rise in the West and set in the East

In other words, this woman is not only a fool, but Evil as well. Keep your kids far away from her

[Sarcasm Mode = ON] Yeah, what do YOU know? Just because you spent all those years in Med School did Internships and Residency, have that fancy but expensive piece of paper, done ER work, this bimbo obviously is MUCH more knowledgeable in Pediatrics, and lungs, than you are [Sarcasm Mode = OFF]

Good gawd. I wonder what that bimbo has been sniffing, smoking, or injecting to even come up with a deranged comment like "you over reacted, sniffling causes pneumonia ..."

Holy s***!

[Sarcasm Mode = ON] Oh hell, then she probably taught Dr. Fusco's med classes! [Sarcasm Mode = OFF]

Reminds me of that Holiday Inn commercial

"Are you a doctor?"

"No, but I DID stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night!"

I'll go into much more detail next time I email you, but long story short: this is VERY disturbing. You keep your kids away from that evil little witch, you hear?

 

I'm going to disagree with this. An event with sufficient energy to reverse the direction of rotation of the Earth in one day would probably destroy it.

I gather Octavia and her ex have joint custody, and the kids have to spend a specified amount of time with their dad. I suffered under a similar torment. My step-mother was evil, and there was nothing I or my mother could do about it.

 

I am an asthma sufferer and have had pneumonia - the slightest issue with my lungs sends me straight to my MD . So you DID NOT over-react. In fact, because you did something it was probably much less of an issue than it could have been later. Don't take the chance to "wait and see." At least your kid doesn't like to stuff things up his nose and in his ears (one of our grandkids went through a stage of that!). Hope the cough eases for him! I prescribe mommy hugs - one of the best medicines known! :hug: