You'd think his breath would have smelled...
Posted on 08/12/2010 12:28:57 PM PDT by JoeProBono
BREWSTER, Mass.- A Massachusetts man said doctors who initially believed him to be suffering from a tumor instead found a pea sprouting in his windpipe.
Ron Sveden, 75, of Brewster, said Cape Cod Hospital doctors used an X-ray to find a spot on his windpipe that they initially believed to be a cancerous tumor, the Boston Herald reported Thursday.
"My blood pressure was very low. My oxygen count was very low. I was dehydrated, my left lung collapsed, and I had pneumonia," Sveden said.
"Prior to Memorial Day I was going downhill," Sveden said. "My appetite went away and I was coughing a lot. I just had this listless feeling where I just wanted to lie down. I had no ambition to do anything."
However, Sveden said doctors performed tests and discovered the mass was not a tumor, but a pea sprouting inside him.
Sveden said his health improved once the plant was removed.
"Thankfully it's all over," he said.
"Now I'm just waiting for a call from the Jolly Green Giant," Sveden joked.
You'd think his breath would have smelled...
I wonder what was so funny that caused this guy to get the pea down the wrong pipe.
Ahem! After reading the post today about the “p!ssing contest between Cindy Shehag and Gibbs, this just begs for some really good jokes!!
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