TP

I don't have much energy tonight. It has been a very long day and I am ready for bed. I woke up cranky and it just went down hill from there. Maggie had her own plans for today and her listening ears were not working very well. Rick and I had some communication mishaps and I just wanted to curl up at quiet time and zone.

But that did not happen b/c at approximately 2pm I heard Maggie start to scream and cry. I raced upstairs to find her opening her door in tears. "Mommy I have toilet paper stuck up my nose" she tells me. I try to take a look but can't see a thing. I explain we need to go downstairs and see if Daddy can see anything. She freaks out and begins to fight me physically. I don't even think she realized she was kicking me and tried to bite my hand. Fear had hit her b/c she knew this probably was going to be a trip to a doctor.

I called for Rick as Maggie went into full panic mode with screaming and crying. Rick's response was a quick look and a concern that he will never get his studying done for his test on Tuesday. His wisdom was he probably should just drop his class. Instead of responding by screaming and my head spinning, I grabbed the phone and dialed the pediatrician. I actually had to wait for a person who informs me that the c/b time is 90 minutes. Maggie is continuing to scream that is uncomfortable and will not keep her fingers out of her nose. I decide we are going to go to the ER/Urgent Care. Neither of these places are good spots for a child with pidd. They are just a wealth of germs all searching for a new home.

I call the closest Urgent Care and they tell me they can handle toilet paper in the nose of a 3 year old. I take her there and ask at the desk. Again they tell me they can handle the situation. So we wait an hour and I keep Maggie busy with word games and spelling. Finally we get in to see the doctor. The nurse taking Maggie stats seems to have never heard of pidd and that concerns me. Oh well, we are here for tp in nose and not illness. She leaves and another nurse comes in to inform me they don't handle these situations. I start seeing smoke but keep my cool. I explain I called and was told they did. I asked before I waited and was told they did and now..... She gets the doctor who agrees to try.

The doctor sees the tp and says it is pretty far up. He needs Maggie to settle down so he can go in and get it. She says she has to pee (she has already peed 4 times in 30 minutes due to nerves). Maggie is screaming she is going to wet her pants and thrashing around as she has a death grip on my neck. She accidentally kicks the doctor and he says we need to go the the ER. Secretly I am glad she got a kick in b/c I am pretty pissed at the whole darn Urgent Care. But we leave.

In the meantime, the pediatrician's office calls back and says just try saline solution and bring her in tomorrow. So we come home and I keep pushing the saline. It takes a couple of hours and lots of tears but we get it. That paper was the size of a quarter! I still can't fathom why Maggie wanted to stick it up there. Her explanation was pretty simple, "I wanted to see how it felt and it was uncomfortable but soft and squishy" Well alrighty then!

I have made her promise no more tp, or any other item, in her nose. I am more than a bit nervous about any medical intervention she made need in the future b/c of her reaction to this situation. I have concerns about Urgent Cares. But mostly I am tired and need a night of rest to find the humor in this day. I am sure tomorrow I will have a good laugh after we see the doctor and get the all clear. And someday when it will most embarrass her I will share the story of how Maggie stuck toilet paper up her nose during quiet time.