The Red Bead

Wow what a day. Today was supposed to be a big day at work. Emphases on suppose to be.... A couple of months ago we had a Kaizen Event for work and today was our Present Out. I was actually excited to present my part on this particular Kaizen Event, because it was an awesome Kaizen and a huge win for my Department. We were getting ready to start practicing and I checked my phone to make sure it was on vibrate. I had a missed call. I checked my voicemail and it was Hadley's school calling, my heart sank, what kind of trouble had my girl caused today. As the voicemail continued, I realized she wasn't in that kind of trouble. It seems at naptime she found a bead on the floor and had decided to shove it as far up her nose as she could. Ms. Julia told me I would need to come get her and take her to the doctor, they wouldn't attempt to get it out, and I shouldn't either. Someone volunteered to take my slide for the presentation and I raced to Hadley's school to get her. When I got there to get her she was at the front desk, pitiful!!! You couldn't even see the bead; it was so far up in there. I had already called POD and made her an appointment to see Dr. V. I won't even begin to describe the drama that happened when he attempted to have her blow it out or the complete meltdown that occurred when he pulled out an instrument to try and extract it. We were immediately referred to our ENT. So off we go to Dr. Shirley's office, but he isn't in town, we are to see Dr. Ryals, yes just what I need in this situation a new doctor. Let me just say they were fabulous!!! We put Hadley in my lap, crossed my legs over hers and then I put her in a bear hug, Ms. Frances held her head and in a matter of seconds Dr. Ryals had it out. She then got a prize for sticking something up her nose, I didn't have the energy to argue, we were now two hours into our ordeal.

THE BEAD

THE PRIZE

Before things got interesting today, I had gone to the Dollar Tree and gotten supplies to prepare a couple of shoeboxes for Operation Shoebox. After seeing her pack and the events from earlier in the day, I realize Hadley doesn't understand when things don't fit somewhere. I don't see an Engineering career in her future.