A New Orleans woman spent a night in the emergency room after accidentally injesting a piece of fleur de lis jewelry.
Daniel Rickard says he and his wife Florellen take several vitamins every evening before going to bed. In the darkened bedroom, his wife accidentally scooped up one of her Saints earrings along with the vitamins off the night stand.
"And when she tossed them down with a glass of water, one of them got stuck in her throat," he said.
The couple called 911, and were advised to go to the hospital.
According to Rickard, his wife spent the next 8 hours in the East Jeff ER.
He says when doctors tried to retrieve it from his wife's throat, the jewelry got pushed down even further into her stomach, required an even more extensive extraction procedure.
Listen to Rickard talk about the fleur de lis scare:
The doctors eventually got it out, and his wife is doing well, though now has some scratches in her throat.
"So far, she's going to be all right...if the Saints win on Sunday night, she'll be just perfect," he said.
He also says the NFL has not taken issue with the X-Ray image featuring the fleur de lis, as it does not contain the phrase "Who Dat" on it.
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