There is no link for answers to "Help! My husband just e-mailed me at work to tell me he swallowed a thumb tack while sitting at his desk. What do I do?"
But that's exactly what happened Tuesday morning. The husband and I work together but I was in a different office that day. He e-mailed with a simple note "I just swallowed a thumb tack."
That's it.
Dumbstruck, I called him and asked him if he was OK and insisted that he go to the doctor. He said it was no big deal but I had visions of organ perforation and the father of my child meeting an early demise all because of a thumb tack. Once I got over the fear of being a widow thanks to a thumb tack, I began to repeatedly ask him if he was a 2-year-old.
You might ask yourself, "How did a grown man (who turns 31 next week) swallow a thumb tack while sitting at his desk?"
If you come up with a better answer than, "I had it in my mouth, breathed it, and swallowed it," you are doing better than my husband. He also said it wasn't a big thumb tack, but more of a map pin, making it easier to swallow.
You might ask yourself, "How did a grown man (who turns 31 next week) swallow a thumb tack while sitting at his desk?"
If you come up with a better answer than, "I had it in my mouth, breathed it, and swallowed it," you are doing better than my husband. He also said it wasn't a big thumb tack, but more of a map pin, making it easier to swallow.
Anyway, he refused to call a doctor, so we did the next best thing. We googled.
Most sites advised that there was nothing to do but wait and it should, ahem, pass. If a fever or stomach cramps occur, get thee to a hospital. After 72 hours of symptom-free bliss, you may assume that the thumb tack (or map pin) has left the building with no fanfare.
After I calmed down, I asked him I could write a blog post about this. He said it was too soon to joke. I then asked if I should pick up some rubber gloves at the store so he could, well, use your imagination. He told me to shut up. (He later called upon our marriage vows of in sickness and in health to get me to do his dirty work. I told him to shut up.)
I promised to wait until we were in the clear to joke about it.
We believe we are in the clear. Joke away.
I promised to wait until we were in the clear to joke about it.
We believe we are in the clear. Joke away.
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5 comments:
i'm 15. i also swallowed a thumbtack. my mom still jokes. i think i'm in the clear. and honestly the same exact thing happened to me. i had it in my mouth, breathed in, and i swallowed it, simple as that.
My daughter turns 4 next saturday. She has been very sick for two days, complaining of stomach cramps and sickness, and very low grade fevers. For the life of me i could not figure out what was wrong with her. Tonight she puked on the floor. So like any mother i proceed to clean up her vomit and look to see if maybe i could find out what was wrong with her. I found a thumbtack!!! My only worry here is that it didn't tear her insides. Do you think i have anything to worry about? Please help i am so scared!!!
Mind you, I am not a medical doctor, just a mother. If I were you, I would take my daughter to a doctor just in case.
hi i am a 41 yr old mom of 3 , nope not the kids i think i ..key word is (think) i swallowed a thumbtack ?
i am really not sure cus a few minutes before i was a munching on a crusty piece of french toast , then i decided to hang something on the wall , i feel like something is stuck in my chest but i have been battling with bronchitis so it could just be a hair ball as i call them that is how it feels, i am starting to wonder if its al in my head cus wouldnt it hurt ? really just not sure what to do keep tryin to make myself puke it out but it does not seem like that is working ? then again i do not know for sure if i did swallow the thumb tack or not
I'm 24 years old and I swallowed a thumbtack at work a few months ago. I had a coughing cold, had it in my mouth, had to cough and all of a sudden down the hatch! It was a big one, pretty sure it was blue. Anyways, my mom's a nurse so she made me go to the doctors. They sedated me and endoscopically probed my stomach, it was horrible, and it was too late anyways! All I could do was spend the night in the hospital, drink some fluid that tasted like the most disgusting salt water you can imagine, and sit back and wait. It passed :) but that was a VERY long night. I got lucky, could have done some real damage from what I was told at the hospital. and YES, I was center of attention the entire time. I can't tell you how many times I got asked by hospital personnel how I swallowed a thumb tack. I was "that girl". Oh well...here's to the memories!!!
Moral of the story, go to the hospital just in case! It really COULD do some damage. At least you'll get a great story out of it!
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