How does this one little raisin ruin a whole day? Well that is a question that one with perfect little children or no children could not understand. Just one lonely little raisin did indeed wreck havoc with my weekend. We were having a pretty good morning, the house wasn’t trashed, I had a shower long before naptime and kids were eating lunch without meltdowns. Too good to be true you say. I AGREE. My cute little 2 year-old decided to be the next player in the second child curse that has struck my family. Yes curse, you see the second children in my family at some point become possessed and unwillingly shove something up their nose. I say unwillingly because really would you do that of your own free will? I (second child) ended up with gum up my nose, my nephew (second child) had an acorn removed from his nose and now my son had a raisin up his nose. “Mommie nose in” with his finger up his nostril, me “you put a raisin in your nose” “yes mommie”. I took him upstairs and got a flashlight and indeed he had a raisin shoved so far up his tiny nostril I was not getting it out on my own. So in superman speed I got my oldest dressed, sippies filled and out the door we went, for the 25 minute drive to Urgent Care. We pulled into the parking lot and went in. They had only opened about 45 minutes before we got there and the waiting room was packed. I went to sign and noticed a HUGE HIPPA violation and realized we were 9th on the list to need to register. So I packed my children up and went to the ER. We got right in to register where I was told it was about a 2 hour wait to be seen. Really in the time it took the nurse to type in our information, someone could have taken the suction machine and gotten it out, charged us $250.00 and sent us on our merry way. OH NO we were told to wait. So I kindly asked for the number to Urgent Care so I could check on the wait time there. I was informed that they were not allowed to give it out. So in that minute with 2 children in tow and ½ hour past naptime I decided not to stick out the 2 hours and take my chances at the Urgent Care. I no sooner get to the car and my 4 year-old tells me that he needs to pee right now. What did I do? Told him to pee in the snow. TAKE THAT ER AND YOUR 2 HOUR WAIT! We made it back to Urgent Care and as I was putting my car in park my little one sneezed twice really hard. I searched and searched my car hoping to find the little pest that was ruining my day. No luck. After sitting for about 15 minutes waiting to be checked in, I was brought in to get our information. At this point I asked for a flashlight because I could not tell if we had sneezed it out or was still there. The receptionist got up and left without a word. When she returned 2 minutes later she stated that the nurse was going to look for me before they registered me. So we were dismissed back to terrorize the poor sick people in the waiting room some more. At this point we are pushing an hour past naptime and my children were unraveling. I apologized more today for their uncontrollable behavior then I have in ever apologized in my life. UGH! I totally looked like the mother who could not control her uncivilized children. After waiting about an hour the nurse finally brought us in to look for the raisin. GUESS WHAT? It was no longer there. His nostril was red and irritated, but NO RAISIN! Are any of you surprised? Not me. At this point she informed me to keep an eye on him and if he starts really coughing hard to get to the ER immediately. So at this point we are raisin clear and let us hope we never have to do that again. OH BOY WHY ME?
