[wintertime]

He was sucking on the orange and the seed was inhaled into his trachea. People do have airway obstructions from small objects. Also, even a very small object can cause laryngospasm and suffocation. Ask a dentist.

Even if the airway was not completely obstructed his sister's action may have prevented the orange seed lodging in a bronchial tube. That would have required a hospital visit and a bronchoscopy.

Anyway,,,,it was very fortunate. My 8 year old son knew what signal to make ( finger pointing to the throat) and his 6 year old sister didn't panic and knew exactly what to do.

[S0122017]

Ok that is pretty neat, most children would have panicked.