A woman goes for a COVID test and finds something that's been in her nose for 37 years
We have all done some crazy things as kids, very rarely have we gotten away with it for 37 years and counting, though...
We see the way our kids behave and want to explore pretty much everything, so we can only imagine how we were as children. Especially because our parents didn't prod and over protect us (no, that isn't a bad thing - it was the way things were).
So we had more chances to get away with a lot and not get into trouble about it. Ahh, good times... You can take a moment to reminisce if you like...
When we saw this story about Mary McCarthy, a 45-year-old hospital kitchen worker from New Zealand, we had to share this with you and find the good in going for a COVID test. Because, yes, this is one of those rare stories that shares the good about COVID-19.
According to a New Zealand news website, Mary experienced a pain in her right nostril for most of her life. After she was required to go for a COVID-19 test last year, the reason behind this pain came to light.
If you are not already aware, a COVID-19 test involves a nasal swab and a throat swab (in South Africa) that can only be described by many as invasive. A surgeon from the Christchurch hospital discovered the root of the pain was actually a "tiddlywink", which is a game that uses a flat felt mat with sets of small discs called "winks".
The objective of the game is to get as many of your winks into a pot, so imagine throwing stones or coins into an old jam jar.
Read more: Let's play a little snake game, KZN...
Mary shared the story from 37 years ago...
"She said she remembered playing tiddlywinks with her seven brothers and sisters and as an 8-year-old took the game on a tangent by putting one piece up each nostril and 'blowing them out to see how they would go'," Stuff Website reports.
“One time I accidentally inhaled one instead of blowing it out, and I was a bit too scared to tell my mother, so I didn’t. I remember being terrified at the time, thinking ‘where it has gone’."
Mary noticed extreme pain after going for her COVID test and decided to seek medical help. After going for a CT scan, the doctor noticed an object in her nose, unbeknown to them what it actually was. She had to go into surgery for the object to be removed.
“When I woke I said, ‘what was it?’. And they said it was the laugh of the hospital – a tiddlywink and it hadn’t even lost its colour. There was calcification around it and that was probably why my nose had grown a bit crooked,” she added.
Who said that your past couldn't catch up with you?
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