It’s unmistakeable in the X-ray: the big, ball-shaped body, round head and top hat clearly showing the inch-tall snowman figurine swallowed by Tennessee 12-year-old, Aiden Tilley.
WBIR reports that the child was playing around with the figurine before inadvertently swallowing it.
“I put it in my mouth and I was going to spit it out but it’s a lot heavier than I thought and it got stuck in my throat,” Tilley told WBIR.
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Despite some initial disbelief on the part of his parents, Tilley was eventually taken to a pediatric hospital the following morning, where X-rays confirmed his dietary indiscretion.
Doctors said the snowman is clearly visible in the X-ray because it’s made of metal.
The good news is that Tilley will be just fine, as the figurine is small enough to pass naturally through his digestive system.
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He says he’s learned a valuable lesson from the ordeal.
“Snowmen are bad,” he said, “and don’t put things in your mouth.”
The Tilley family plans to commemorate the accident by featuring the X-ray image in their Christmas card next year.
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