The Great Grape Mystery

Imagine my horror @ receiving a phone call following Ward Conf. wrap-up mtg. that Chris was en route to the ER with Cole who hadn't choked but seemed to have gotten a grape stuck in his throat during dinner @ Shaws'! Thank goodness my mom is a nurse & my husband was remarkably calm 'cuz they decided (although he could still breathe) that the impact on his voice & his crazy cough was enough to make them concerned that he might not be able to swallow on his own...Cait & Dane got to join them @ Mary Bridge since convenience care in U.P. was closed for Sun. night-Too bad I was without a car 'cuz our Jetta decided to malfunction right after I got a new car & we were back down to one-ugh! So my dad had to pick me up after he dropped off my brother-in-law @ the airport & soon Rach, Annie, & I were there as well! So hard to see my son with an IV in his arm, pale & with voice that was barely audible, but I know that was so minor compared to what some kids experience in the hospital! They had been seen by a doctor right away 'cuz of his difficulty breathing & he'd had an x-ray already, but they wanted to be safe than sorry & opted to do a bronchoscopy/esophagoscopy (the bill clarified the spelling of procedure-ugh!) that night to make sure nothing was still lodged in one of his tubes. He had to have anesthesia & everything for a scope & 20 min. in surgery?! Notice Iron Monger was his trusty sidekick in the hospital:) By then it was 9P, so we sent Dane home with grandparents & aunts while we were in waiting room. We hadn't really unpacked from cabin that weekend 'cuz we'd had sleepover @ my parents to bond with Mike on his last night in town until Aug. So I guess t'was handy to have pillows & overnight bag-Cole picked Chris to stay with him overnight per dr's recommendation, but I still stayed until about midnight...Once we knew he was okay, he thought he was @ a resort or something (again not to belittle others' trauma there). Did we mention that the infamous grape was never found so must've swallowed somehow after all?! However Cole thought it was fabulous to spend the rest of hte night maneuvering the bed & using the remote on the TV (though he wanted to inform the nurses that nothing for kids was on @ that hour-um, 10:30P?!) There was no way he was going to bed when he could have all-you-can-drink choc milk, ice cream, jello & popsicles:) So he was apparently cured despite remnants of bad cough! He even tried on hospital pj pants & wanted to use the call button for the nurse until we informed him that was only if he was in pain?!? That's going to be one expensive sleepover but better safe than sorry!