As soon as we got Lilly, 6 months ago, we noticed she had some really bad breath. We brushed her teeth, and everything but it kept getting worse. I talked with several doctors about it, but no one seemed to have a solution. Well one did advise her to go to the dentist to check for cavities, thinking maybe she had some dental issues. Nope...actually no cavities at all (yea!). So when I took her to the ENT last week to have her hearing checked I mentioned it to him, hoping he had some insight. He looked in her nose and did indeed see something. Actually he thought it maybe a tumor. YIKES! That's enough to really worry Momma. SO he scheduled surgery to get what ever it was out. He was sure this was causing her really bad breath. So we went for surgery on Tuesday and after about 30 minutes he walks out with a HUGE wooden bead in hand. WHAT! A bead? I saw so glad it was not a tumor! That BIG bead was in bedded into her nasal cavity, and it was starting to rot! Thank God we found it. I can't imagine how terrible that felt for her to have that big bead up her nose. The Dr. thinks it may have been there for over a YEAR! What a relief! God answered our prayers in the form of a wooden bead! I asked Lilly later when she put the bead in her nose, and she said "in China." I also asked her why she did it, and she said "to hide it from my friends at the orphanage". She told me thank you for getting it out! I know she can breath much easier now, and her breath is as fresh as a rose! Who would have thought? The above pictures is the bead...of course. The picture doesn't do it justice. I have no idea how she got such a big bead in her little bitty nose! The other one is Lilly playing with her kitchen. For those of you that have been to China, she reminds me of one of the people who work at Lucy's. HAHA!
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Oh my goodness! I'm not sure whether to laugh or be horrified. So, I'm laughing and being horrifed at the same time.
Thank goodness for the ENT!
Wow, I think you are so blessed to have found someone to keep investigating that...how uncomfortable for her. To answer your question about what orphanage, she is in the Hunan province, Heng Yang SWI... the non profit group International China Concern runs the special needs section of the orphanage, which is where Faith lives. We are so lucky to have her in their care :) Merry Christmas!
Yay! So glad it wasn't a growth of any sort and so glad the bead is now out! I LOVE ENT people when it comes to things like that. My son Noah put a dried bean in his ear once when he was 4. Went to the local hospital urgent care and they couldn't figure out how to get it out. They called an ENT who once we got to his office had it out in minutes.
Amazing!!
Those ENT's are wonderful!
We had a similar (kind of) situation twice with two different kids spanning about 18 years....
My now 22 year old son had 'hidden' a pea in his nose when he was about two. The 'breath situation' was horrendous. Luckily, our doctor was able to remove this awful pea in his office. We couldn't even speculate how long the pea was lodged in his nose.
Fast forward....ummmm....many years....
I noticed a strange smell coming from my then three year old's nose/mouth area. It was an odor that I instantly recognized....
We had an appointment scheduled with her cleft palate team so I knew I would see her ENT.
The odor from her nose/mouth area was due to a bunch a food caught up in her nasal cavity due to an little opening still present in her palate. Basically, the doctor has to vacuum out the food....it was not a pleasant experience!!
Since then my daughter had her palate (once again) repaired...and fresh breath is and has been present!!!
I am so glad everything worked out for your daughter. And very happy that she can breath much easier...poor baby!!!
Poor baby that must have been painful. I am glad you found out what it was and it was taken care of.
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