Two weeks ago, six-year-old Athena swallowed a dollar coin while her mother wasn't looking-and it still hasn't passed. Concerned, her family sought help from a specialist at the Belize Specialist Hospital, and tonight they're weighing their options for how best to remove the coin. We spoke to her mother today:
Doreen Baltazar, Daughter swallowed Dollar Coin
"Apparently the coins still in her stomach we went to the hospital, went back to the hospital on Monday and they told us to come to the specialist and see what they can do, instead of having open surgery they can go through the mouth enter the stomach and take out the coin."
"Every time she used the bathroom we would check her stool and there was no coin so we decided to go back just to make sure."
"I haven't talked to the doctor as to how long it will take but they say it's a fairly simple procedure. It's easier than doing the surgery."
At today's check-up, doctors told Athena's mother that the coin has moved from her stomach into the digestive tract. Now, the family is waiting to see whether she'll be able to pass it naturally-or if medical intervention will be needed.
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