There are many reasons that bananas are my favorite fruit. They’re delicious, can be enjoyed nearly anywhere, and make for hilarious comic strips:
There’s really nothing bad you can say about a banana.
Here’s the setup: imagine you’re at the park on a beautiful day with the love of your life and she asks you for a healthy snack:
You check your bag and realize you forgot to bring any bananas! But you wisely packed some grapes. Well that’s what one parent did with his/her five year old child and the results…were less than ideal. Here’s the x-ray that was taken in the ED (credit to Angela Henderson, the original blogger who shared this image):
That’s a grape lodged in the trachea. This child was miraculously able to protect their airway but did have to undergo removal under general anesthesia.
An interesting and eye-opening x-ray!
Take-home points:
- For parents, be wary of feeding children grapes without first cutting them into small pieces
- Always bring a banana
