Our daughter swallowed a quarter when she was two. My wife was driving and noticed that she had gone silent in her car seat, which as parents know can be a bad sign. Our 4 year old son then mentioned that she might have eaten a coin. She rushed her to the ER, which was thankfully close by. It wasn't completely blocking her windpipe but it was very close to doing so.
As a nice souvenir of the incident we do have a great full body x-ray of her with the coin centered right in the middle of her neck.
As a nice souvenir of the incident we do have a great full body x-ray of her with the coin centered right in the middle of her neck.