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So the other day, I was in sleeping when my wife went to work and my son comes running in and says, “Dad, I got a lizard stuck in my nose!” Well, as far as I could see with one eye open, I couldn’t see anything wrong with his nose but the directness and seriousness of his approach seemed to make me want to investigate further. So I proceeded with the find out questions and investigation while I looked into his nose and didn’t see anything until lo and behold I saw something lodged into his nostril.

Now at this point, my eyes dilated, heart rhythm increased, sense of urgency spiked while trying to understand how in the world he could have gotten something up in his nose so far. I could barely see it. Well, his other nostril was working fine and he could talk and breathe through his mouth so I proceeded to think how I was going to somehow dislodge this “Lizard”. First thought was to just have him blow it out. (Yeah right, like that’s going to work since he’s been trying to do that since before he told me.) But I had him do it anyway to no avail. Next step was to get the tweezers and reach up in his nostril and pull it out.

Well, you can imagine the sensitivity up in your nose and not just in the front part but way up in there. (and I mean father than when you pick your nose with your pinky), Well, every time I tried to even get my tweezers half the way up in there, my son would flinch and say “No Dad No”. I knew it was not going to be easy after about 15-20 minutes of him crying. I told him we will just have to go to the hospital and have the doctor get it out somehow and I was convinced that I would have to go to the hospital. The reason for my decision was due to the inability to be able to pinch or grab the lizard because of all the slimy boogers (spelling) in his nose.

Every time I would be able to touch the lizard it would move farther into his nose and I had no way to be able to get my tweezers around it. (Stay with me here, your already this far, might as well read the rest) so I persisted to dig on my son’s behalf. Well, I finally got frustrated enough that I told him that I was going to get the needle-nose pliers to get it out. Well, that was a good thought until I put them up to his nose to find I couldn’t even get them in the nostril. 

So after awhile, I was able to snag the rubber lizard and pull it out to my surprise. I couldn’t believe how big it was when it came out and it was only the head of the lizard! Then try to understand how it even got in there in the first place. Either way, I was glad that we got it out and that we didn’t have to go to the hospital after all.

After it was all said and done, my son thanked me and said, “Dad, I won’t put lizards in my nose anymore”. I had to laugh though when it was all said and done.

I thought I’d share with everyone since it isn’t an everyday occurrence. The things kids do!