ER Visit

Today was our very first time taking Ian to the ER. I am actually surprised we have not been there before with him. He is a wild man.
Matthew had a shift at the Vet hospital, so the kids and I were going to church alone. Well we didn't make it to church. I just about had us all ready to get out the door. I was just getting Chloe dressed when Ian came running out of his room. He was completely purple and could not breathe. I instantly rushed to him and started smacking his back hard. That wasn't working. I tried to see if I could get whatever he swallowed out with my finger. Ian wouldn't let me get it, and bite me pretty hard. I decided it wasn't a good idea to do that anyways just in case I pushed it farther down. Next I starting doing the Heimlich on him. Ian had swallowed two glow in the dark stars about the size of nickels. After getting those out he through up quite a bit of blood. During all this I was freaking out and screaming Ian's name the whole time. This is the worst feeling to not really know what you are doing, and trying to save your kiddo. Heavenly Father was definitely watching over us this morning. I then decided to take him into the ER to have him checked out. I had no idea if he had swallowed any other stars or if there was any damage done from swallowing them.
I text my friend Josie to tell her I was not going to make it to church or primary. Then I called Matthew about 4 times before I got a hold of him. I picked him up and we headed in. Ian had ex-rays taken, and thank goodness there was nothing else wrong. He does have some pretty good scratches on his throat. They hurt him to swallow things, but we have kept on top of the Tylenol.
I feel so blessed to know what to do to help Ian. It was the so scary to see my baby boy sucking for air and so purple. I had to keep it together enough to save him. I give all the credit to my Heavenly Father for watching over us today.
As soon as we got home from the hospital I cleaned out Ian's room and through out all the toys I thought were small enough for him to swallow. Hopefully I have lowered the risk of him swallowing anymore toys. We love Ian so much and are so proud of him for being so brave at the hospital. Talk about scaring your Mom to death Ian boy.

I love this picture because Ian really was a happy boy during our ER visit. 

My battle wounds

We stopped and got Ian a milkshake after going to the ER. He totally deserved it. He was so brave.

All tuckered out after such a crazy morning.