A 16-month-old boy has swallowed SpongeBob

January 28, 2015  18:50

A 16-month-old toddler from Saudi Arabia was taken into hospital, because he appeared to have swallowed an object. His doctors were surprised to look at the X-ray and see SpongeBob with a big smile on his face and his tongue sticking out.

It turned out that the hapless SpongeBob was a pendant that belonged to the boy's sister. At first, the X-ray showing the child's body from the side, didn't show what it was in the child's esophagus.

''Then I opened the frontal view and was shocked. 'SpongeBob', I screamed! I was amazed by the visible details. You can see his freckles, shoes and fingers'', the boy's doctor Ghofran Ageely said.

Doctors freed the stuck pendant from the boy's esophagus without any complications, and the boy went home, Fox News reports.

Sometimes the object passes through the child's digestive system without a problem, but other times, it gets stuck and requires a trip to the emergency room.

Parents who suspect their child might have swallowed an object should watch the child for symptoms such as vomiting, gagging, drooling, stomach pain, coughing or wheezing, and  should take their child to hospital.

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