A Swedish influencer is sharing a harrowing story of her one-year-old son’s medical emergency. Josephine Qvist, who has nearly 300,000 Instagram followers, detailed a frightening ordeal that began with persistent vomiting and ultimately required emergency surgery in Malaga, Spain. The incident highlights the anxieties parents face when navigating childhood illness and the sometimes unexpected turns medical issues can take.
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What began as simple vomiting led to a dramatic hospital operation.
Swedish influencer Josephine Qvist, 33, experienced a frightening ordeal when her one-year-old son, Leo, suddenly began vomiting everything he ate.
Doctors later discovered the cause.
“The last thing you want is to see your own child suffer,” she told Aftonbladet.
Qvist had noticed something wasn’t right with Leo for some time. He’d had trouble eating without vomiting on several occasions, but repeated visits to the doctor reassured her there was no cause for concern.
“I thought maybe his throat was just a little narrow. But I’m not a doctor, and he’s my first child,” she explained.
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But one day, the problem worsened, and Leo began vomiting everything he consumed.
Convinced something was stuck, she sought medical attention again. Doctors examined his nose and throat but found nothing. Eventually, a gastroscopy was ordered, and a piece of chicken was discovered at the emergency room in Malaga.
The chicken had become lodged deep in his esophagus, close to the entrance to his stomach. It was so difficult to remove that Leo had to be put under anesthesia and undergo surgery.
“It was very tough. He was dehydrated when we arrived and couldn’t even get water down. It was difficult to watch him get multiple sticks. The whole process was awful,” she said.
Following the surgery, tests revealed that Leo has a narrower passage further down his esophagus. Whether this is due to swelling from the chicken or something else remains unclear. Three doctors have assured her that it’s not dangerous and that he will grow out of it.
