Several weeks ago Moya had apparently shoved a piece of sponge like foam up her nose. She had tried to tell us but wasn't able to really articulate what she was talking about. So there it stayed for well over a week... closer to two really. She had had a cold and ear infection so we didn't think much of the runny nose. But on Saturday night I started to notice a smell coming from her nose. Sunday I investigated more and the smell was her snot and it smelled putrid. Like that smell they tell you to go to the doctor about if you have a wound that smells that way. So I thought 'okay I'll call the doctor monday.' Then we went to the park for Mother's Day (yes it was mother's day) and I happen to notice when Moya was laying on the grass something in her nose that doesn't look right. I look closer and it is definitely NOT bogies. So we decide, picnic over time to go to urgent care.
We go and they pull the sponge out and it's larger than a quarter. It was nasty. See picture bellow. Well then yesterday was Moya's follow up appointment to make sure her nose was okay. We go to her pediatrician and she looks and says that she sees something still up there and it's too far up that she isn't comfortable going after it herself. So she sends us next door to the ENT. They are very kind and work us in right away. The doctor pulls out what looks like a rotting slug from her nose.
We still don't know where she got the thing or what possessed her to put it up her nose. I feel bad for having not figured it out earlier. But just glad it is all gone now.
