a pea in the nose

Public service announcement: It is not advised to stick a pea in your nose and then try to get it out by sticking your finger up the same nostril.

Why am I addressing this issue? Well, unfortunately, it is from experience. Painful experience.
Yesterday at lunch I decided to see if a pea would fit in my nose. I informed Mommy, who was just a few steps away preparing her lunch, that I had a pea in my nose and then shoved my finger all the way up. Mommy and Daddy tried to pin me down and fish it out using tweezers. After a couple of attempts, they could tell I was not going to cooperate and a call to the local children's hospital was placed. I was on my way to the ER with Mommy. On the way I asked Mommy if other kids with peas in their noses would be at the hospital. We arrived and were shortly seen by a nurse that tried to retrieve the pea. She first asked if I could blow my nose. Boy, do I wish I was better at that than I am! After many, many failed attempts (with a nurse holding my head and Mommy holding my hands and laying on my body and legs) she stopped. At this point I had screamed so loud and hard that I had burst capillaries all over the side of my face and by my eyes. Despite my marks of torture, they shoved some goo up my nose to take away swelling in the nostril. Round two of the torture took place. The poor lady just could not get it out. Due to my super strength and high pitch screaming, they had to sedate me in order to try again to get the pea out.

After drinking the medicine, I laid down in the bed with Mommy. My eyes got heavy and I was giggly. Mommy really wished she had the flip video camera with her to document that part! I don't remember much after that, just that it was hard to put together a sentence and I did not mind the doctor that came in to get the pea out (with a new fantastic instrument). After the affects of the medicine subsided (4 hours later), we headed home pea-free. To all those pea lovers out there...keep them in your mouths.