So, Christmas Dinner had about ten minutes of “omg, fear!”
Justice made me laugh while I was in the midst of swallowing… and I started choking pretty hard. Was still getting air flow, but not quite enough, so was starting to panic… but it eventually cleared itself out (after I just about threw up, yehaw.)
Still, scary as hell, tears streaming down face, whole nine yards.
And the whole time, all I’m thinking is … okay, I’m still coughing, so I have air flow. Nobody should touch me, this will probably work itself out. But what if I don’t? How do I communicate how to treat this to anybody else? God damnit, WHAT IF I’M THE ONLY ONE AT THE DINNER TABLE WHO KNOWS HOW TO DEAL WITH AN FBAO?
But it’s okay — Nick was sitting by with a knife so he could trach me if necessary. So helpful, honey. Um, instead of jumping straight to jabbing a hole in my throat, maybe try abdominal thrusts? Just a thought.
try abdominal thrusts?
Doesn’t he already do that? ;-)
Glad you were able to get back to breathing without too many issues.
If you think it’s my ABDOMEN where the thrusting happens, you might need a quick anatomy lesson. ;)
Dear Daughter,
At least three people at the dinner table had Safety Oriented First Aid or better and would probably have assisted. Oh, the drama….
Yeah, like I trust other people. Bah! :D
Heh, after reading about cricothyrotomys and tracheostomys on Wikipedia yesterday, that just reinforces to me the “don’t try this at home” aspect of it.
Yeah… all sorts of anatomy I kinds-sorta understand but not really and you could REALLY SCREW UP BADLY if you don’t know what you’re doing… I’ll leave that to the professionals.