Dad's 59th birthday was the pits! He had to work all day even though it was Saturday. He got home around 6 for dinner. After the second bite of dinner some roast got stuck in this throat. He tried for two hours to dislodge the meat. He coughed, threw up, about everything he could think of. He was so miserable. Every time he swollowed the sliva would go into his lungs. I decided to take him to the ER after 2 hours of this. He didn't argue. That was a pleasant surprise. He was hurting so bad from everything his body was going through he was willing to do anything. The ER wasn't very busy when we got there. He was helped at once.

Kim was very uncomfortable. The emergency room staff was great. He was put right into a room and was given a tool to remove the sliva from his mouth because if he didn't it would go into his lungs and cause him to cough to the point he would throw up. Kim had to wait about an hour for the specialist came back in to the hospital to work on him. It ended up that the doctor was the same doctor that I had for my colon procedure. He is a fantastic doctor. I was very happy to have him be the one who was one call.

After the procedure to remove the meat Kim slept for an hour. He was given a drug that made it so he didn't remember much after the procedure. I am very grateful for modern medicine. I have no idea what would have happened if he could not have had the porcedure. The meat chunks (yes there were two), were huge. The picture I was shown showed it blocking most of his wind pipe. I am glad to have Kim home and doing well. His throat is feeling okay now. He will go see the doctor in two weeks and the doctor will suggest things that can be done for some problems he has with his throat.