Stinky Foam

Yesterday while I was getting Jessie out of the car, I noticed that she kind of stunk. I thought maybe it was her breath, but it was pretty powerful and seemed beyond halitosis. She was sleeping so I put her in her bed not thinking much of it. But when she woke up, it was bad. I kept asking her if she put something up her nose, but she denied it every time.

Tommy came home and I asked him if he had noticed Jessie's foul smell. He finished my question before I could. I started to explain to him that it reminded me of this little girl I'd once seen at a clinic I used to work at. Her mom brought her in insisting that something was wrong because her daughter really stunk. She was right, seconds after entering the exam room the smell had overtaken the air. We were baffled at what could make this sweet little girl so stinky. They had gone to the hospital and done CAT scans and x-rays, not finding anything and she demanded an answer. Come to find out she had a make-up foam tip applicator up her nose that had been rotting. The mother left with her stink-free daughter satisfied.

After explaining this to Tom he suddenly began to remember a few days back when we were moving and Jessie had approached him saying that she had something in her nose that she couldn't get out. Busy moving boxes he took a quick look and not finding anything consoled her and forgot about it. One week and two days of rotting later I laid her down (flashlight, saline spray, and tweezers in hand) to find a big chunk of foam stuck in her nose. Luckily it was low enough to grab with the tweezers.

Now, a day later Jessie is breathing easier and smelling better. And I am thankful for that stinky girl that came into the office one day branding that scent forever in my nose and helping us to solve the mystery.

And here is the culprit