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Jacobsmumma 
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Posted: 16 December 2010 at 10:27am |
Ok so I was in the kitchen when DS who's nearly 18mo came in munching on something hard sounding. When I fished around in his mouth I ended up pulling out small glass shards!!!! He has pulled the Christmas tree lights out (I had placed them close to the trunk of the tree) and completely bit one off and proceeded to eat it. I've given him some milk and he's now gone down for his nap.
Do you think he'll be ok? Should I take him to the doctors? I'm worried that perhaps he might have a piece of glass in his gum. I'll see how his eating is for the rest of the day.
I want to laugh but am also worried about the glass he would have consumed!
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kabe
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Posted: 16 December 2010 at 10:36am |
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Oh dear! I'd probably give the nurse a call at your GP practice and see what they suggest. Otherwise, try plunketline
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Jacobsmumma
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Posted: 16 December 2010 at 10:40am |
Good idea, I'll call Plunketline now. Thanks.
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Posted: 16 December 2010 at 12:53pm |
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Imo, Plunketline are a bit useless and you're probably better off calling your local medical center.
Good Luck!
I think depending on what he swallowed will depend on if you have to bring him in or not, but it should pass out the other end though, glass sounds painful!
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Posted: 16 December 2010 at 1:13pm |
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oh gosh hope he is ok.
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Posted: 16 December 2010 at 2:41pm |
 Lil_Nic9 wrote:
Imo, Plunketline are a bit useless and you're probably better off calling your local medical center.
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Hehe. IMO my local medical centre is a bit useless and you're better off calling healthline.
The risk would be if he's eaten a big enough bit to cut his intestines/bowel.
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Posted: 16 December 2010 at 3:00pm |
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I'd call healthline. Plunketline are more for parenting advise. If it's medical they just trasfer you to HL anyway.
I hope he's ok!!
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Posted: 16 December 2010 at 3:22pm |
If they are worried about glass ingestion they can do an xray and it will pick up any trace of glass in your body. Glass shows up on xrays as I recently found out after stepping on some 
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Posted: 16 December 2010 at 3:58pm |
That doesn't sound nice and deffinetly not tasty
How is he this afternoon?? I hope he's alright!!
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Posted: 16 December 2010 at 7:51pm |
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OMG i'd freak. Hope your little man's ok.
I doubt he'd go to sleep if he had glass in his gums.
I think I'd call healthline.
Let us know how it works out.
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Posted: 16 December 2010 at 9:03pm |
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oh no i would definitely call healthline
hope hes okay so it becomes a funny story in years to come
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Posted: 17 December 2010 at 8:10am |
Hi ladies - thanks for your concerns. Luckily he's been fine, you wouldn't even know he'd eaten it. I think he must have munched up what I couldn't fish out, into very small bits. He had 3 poo's since eating it and has eaten all his meals, slept through the night and is still a happy chappy, so I think he's fine.
There's defo no more lights on the tree, that's for sure!!
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Posted: 17 December 2010 at 11:46am |
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wow scary!!! Glad hes ok!
Thats why my treey is in the corner and we have a gate jammed up in front of it(jammed again the couch and the TV cabinet) so the kids cant get in there! I caught my 2.5 year ol trying to bite a blimmin glass decoration he'd somehow aquired! Kids!
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DS has eaten a Xmas light!!!
