First Trip to the ER

So this morning Jake and I were getting ready to go to my cousin's birthday party. While we were getting ready Kade was going back and forth between our bedroom and the living room. Jake saw that Kade had grabbed something out of our room and ran off with it, so he assumed it was something he wasn't supposed to have. He told Kade to show Mommy what he had found. So Kade brought a round battery to me that was a spare for one of his toys. I told him we needed to go put it away and took him to back in our room and watched him put it down. The next thing we knew Kade was standing next to Jake saying Dadda and pointing at his mouth. Then he gulped, started crying, and kind of gasped a little. Jake told me that Kade had swallowed something and wondered what it was. I immediately knew it was that battery. After Kade calmed down a bit he seemed to be fine but occasionally would point at his chest or mouth. We decided to go ahead and take him to the ER to make sure it hadn't gotten stuck anywhere or that battery acid couldn't get into his system. Once at the ER they took Kade's vitals, which were fine, and then sent us for x-rays. The battery was already in his stomach, which is good. We finally got to see the doctor, and she told us there was nothing to worry about. She said newer batteries are sealed, so the acid couldn't leak out, and we'd just have to wait for him to pass it. She told us it would probably take between 1-5 days for him to pass it. We only need to go back and get him checked if he complains of any stomach pain. But so far he is himself, and it hasn't slowed him down a bit. So we are very grateful that it turned out to be no big deal!

Here's an idea of what the battery looked like that he swallowed. It was between the size of a nickel and quarter but was thicker.