Pussy willow

Oh vacation.  If there is one way to make it exciting and memorable it is with a trip to the Emergency Room.  Leave it to my little G to provide the thrill.  Friday night, 6 kids and 5 adults all in a hectic pre dinner party rush, and getting ready for a get together at the house too.  I volunteered to make dinner, ran to the store for ingredients and put together a teriyaki sauce marinade, carrot and cilantro salad, cut up veggies, brown rice cooking. kids are playing great. Adults were cleaning up the house for guests.  One made another run to the store.  OH no, propane for the BBQ is out, another runs to the store.  Kids are playing great. G comes running to me crying  " I have a pussy willow stuck in my nose!"  huh?  Yes, somehow after watching the oldest cousin perform a mini magic show, G decided to attempt a trick of her own.  Up went the pussy willow- but it didn't come back down.
   We tried EVERYTHING imaginable.  2 different sets of tweezers, black pepper, red peppers (the girl just isn't a sneezer), blowing, pinching nose and blowing in her mouth, a netty pot, time (overnight!) with no luck.  It was pretty apparent to me we just weren't going to be able to reach it, you couldn't really see it- yes it was that high up in her nose (almost in her sinus).  The sisters all had plans of a girls day out, so Clay got to be super dad and take her to the military hospital.  Thank goodness we are still covered for a few months.
  I got updates the whole time.  Numbing spray and swelling spray. The nurses tried to remove it using tweezers and a nose speculum.  Pussy Willow 1, nurses 0.   attempt number two brought out the big guns.  An Ears Nose and Throat Dr came to the rescue with suction tool, more tweezers, some other crazy hook (that wasn't used.) G was strapped down to a papoose board, 3 nurses helped hold her down and then there was victory!  The Dr pulled it out and after asking to take it home, we have it in a little jar.  She was still screaming and kicking after they took it out, didn't notice it being pulled out. Clay says it was really a fun time.
   What an ordeal, and I wasn't even there for the hospital part.  There would have been no way we could have gotten it out, and I am so thankful we were able to take her some place that they were able to do it safely.