Watts Up!: Unexpected visit to the Doctor's Office

He looks okay in this picture, but this was taken at the Doctor's office.

The kids were playing around and thought it would be funny to put tissue in their noses. I saw them and told them to take it out. Then I saw them dancing around with it still in their noses and I told them to take it out because it was dangerous. Caroline, concerned, took it out and asked why it was necessary. Henry was successful with one nostril and the other one was still there. He tried picking at it, and I told him I would help him and I tried to take it out, but he ran quickly away. He came back a minute later and it was gone. I guess I didn't think much about it. The kids wanted water so they got out new cups and I was filling them up when I noticed red stuff all over Henry's. I looked over at him and his nose was bleeding. He had blood on his arm and hand. He started to cry, like really cry, not pout. Caroline fetched me a flashlight and sure enough the tissue was a Henry-finger-length up his nose. We called the Doctor's and was there in 20 minutes. One Mom, one nurse and one doctor with long tweezers later, pulled out the tissue. There was a WHOLE lot more than I thought. Poor little kid. He was just fine after that.

Caroline wanting a picture too.

The doctor's chair. This will tell you how... just slightly obsessed I am with a certain TV show, but Caroline saw this silver round thing and started spinning it. She gasped and with a cheery voice said "Mom, it's just like the bonus round!"

Life continues on...

Later that day we went the Nature and Science Museum. They have a temporary exhibit of lizards and snakes. The kids had a blast.