Posted on 08/11/2018 12:39:52 PM PDT by BenLurkin
On August 8, The New England Journal of Medicine reported that the unnamed youngster and his family arrived at an otorhinolaryngology outpatient clinic last year seeking answers for his persistent, two-day cough which had an “intermittent whistling character.”
An X-ray of the four-year-old’s chest revealed that his left lung was hyperinflated, which can be caused by a blockage in the air passage to the lungs or medical conditions including asthma and cystic fibrosis, Live Science and Mayo Clinic report.
Doctors proceeded to perform a bronchoscopy, inserting a thin tube down his throat and into the left lung, where they unearthed and removed a “mysterious object” – a toy whistle. According to the boy’s parents, their son had indeed been playing with a whistle before his coughing began, Live Science reports, and it was proved that he accidentally inhaled it.
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Sometimes in sports they ask if the referees have “swallowed the whistle”, but I don’t think they meant it literally.
I’d bet his dog loved that.
Yeh......Most kids don’t get out of their terrible twos until they’re 30.
He didn’t complain about having a whistle being stuck in his throat?
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