Posted on 08/12/2010 4:01:07 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A man, who the doctors suspected to be suffering from a cancerous tumor, is found to have a pea sprouting inside his windpipe.
"My blood pressure was very low. My oxygen count was very low. I was dehydrated, my left lung collapsed, and I had pneumonia," 75-yr-old Ron Sveden from Brewster told the Herald.
After an X-ray showed a spot on Sveden's windpipe, Cape CodHospital doctors thought the retired teacher was suffering from a cancerous tumor. "Prior to Memorial Day I was going down hill," 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."
After samples were tested, doctors told Sveden that the spot was not cancer but a plant sprouting inside him. It seems Sveden had been eating peas, one went down the wrong pipe, then grew to an inch-and-a-half in his lung, collapsing it. Through surgery they removed the plant and Sveden's health improved.
"Thankfully it's all over," he said. With a good sense of humor and new outlook of life he deals with friends and family affectionately calling him "pea brain" showering him with cans of peas and bags of seeds.
Read more: Pea enters lung, grows into plant - Mad, Mad World - World - The Times of India
On second thought, I do eat black eyed peas, just not them green ones.
Ah... progress ST. Your mother was assaulted by a green flag at the Nascar Race she attended while carrying you...
Not to my knowledge, but she is the reason for the black eyes, it’s a Southern thang.
I wish I had me mudders Black Eyed Pea recipe. She used a combination of green shelled and the string stage. A famous Back Yard Chef in Salt Lake City sent me his and I would give it a ....
I know. Thought I was a pretty good cook, but am finding out now, there are a lot of things I took for granted and don’t know how to make.
Daughter still uses Mom’s recipes, mine, not hers. We just keep experimenting, we’ll either get them right, or we won’t. LOL
My question would be this. “How does a pea, or any green plant, for that matter, grow in the absence of light? I thought they needed light for photosynthesis??
Maybe he's really skinny?
Proof that peas can kill.
I think there is a Xray rolling around the internet of this guy and I didn’t pay any attention to it because I though my son was spoofing me about eating his peas. He’s 52 years old and still carries the grudge...
Plants don’t need light to sprout, and will grow to several inches in length to get TO a light source. If they cannot get to light, they then die, and a rotting sprout in your trachea would be just as bad or even worse than a living plant sticking out your nose, n’est-ce pas?
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