Friday, November 16, 2012

Sticks and Stones

This little cowgirl was up most of the night vomiting last night.

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Poor baby was vomiting every 20-40 minutes for hours.

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Eventually, a twig came out!!!!!!

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Yes, you read that correctly.  A twig.  Much like the one she’s holding in the photo above, only shorter.

 

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Yes, a small stick came out of Selah’s stomach via her mouth last night.  I was stunned.

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It was about the size of my pinky.  Maybe 3 inches long and 1/2” in diameter. 

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How in the world does one swallow a twig?!?!?!  Look at that innocent face!

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I seriously do not have an answer to this mystery.  No one had any idea that Selah had ever put a twig in her mouth, much less swallowed it.  And we’re continuously following her around like hawks, which leaves me baffled as to how Selah could have actually swallowed something of this size without gagging—or spitting it out. 

 

I know Selah loves all things sticks and stones, dirt, dust, and ranch, and all things cowboy, just like her brothers.  But eating sticks?  No one does that!

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Not even Kiefer the Kowboy!!!  I just can’t fathom how something that large could be swallowed.  It didn’t even appear to have been chewed.  Just a whole twig.

 

Praise God it came back up successfully.  I shudder to imagine what damage this twig could have done to Selah’s intestines had it not come back up.  We would have never known it was in there either.  So far, there’s been no signs of any damage, praise God.  No blood in her vomit, no blood in her stools, no signs of pain or complications. 

 

Oh, Jehovah Rapha, heal this little cowgirl, and Lord, please always surround Selah with your angels of protection.  Thank you, Jesus!

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