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Anyone had a DC swallow a coin?

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RainbowsMoonbeams · 20/08/2022 23:40

Tonight DC (7 years) swallowed a 2p coin🤦‍♀️
Been in A&E, and it’s now a case of wait and hope it comes out.

Has anyone else been in this situation? Did it pass? Worried it will get stuck.

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mbosnz · 21/08/2022 09:52

My little darling swallowed her sister's pocket money, a $2 coin AND a 50 cent coin. Cue us spending much of the evening at A&E, to get her x-rayed. She pooped them out eventually.

BimmyTheMouse · 21/08/2022 09:59

DS swallowed 20p. I asked the advice of a gp friend who said that it’s normally one for A&E but because he felt fine and it was in the middle of bird flu, she thought it was better not to. It reappeared within 24h- I can still remember the chink of metal on porcelain.

RainbowsMoonbeams · 21/08/2022 11:31

No update as of yet. He went to the loo this morning and flushed before I had time to check 🤦‍♀️

He seems ok in himself, just can’t believe he ate it!

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Auntieobem · 21/08/2022 11:37

Dd swallowed a silver ring when she was about 8. Went to a&e (long story) where Dr used metal detector to make sure it was I her tummy. It reappeared the next day....

MargaretThursday · 21/08/2022 12:33

Last time I was at A&E there was a very sweet girl who had swallowed a coin. She had us all very entertained. She'd thought it was a chocolate one, and gone to eat it, heard her mum coming and decided to swallow the evidence.
Her dad (who was with her) said to her at one point: I hope I get a bit of money from this. I'm not sure it's worth getting it out if it's only 1p. She told him it was a £100 coin. Grin They then started planning what they'd spend it on when it came out. I think a swimming pool was mentioned. Grin

Deadringer · 21/08/2022 14:18

My nephew did this several times up to the age of 4. He had an x ray each time and passed it no problem each time.

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