Pistachi-oh no!!!!

We were sitting in our recliners after a long weekend. We drove down to get the boat out of Lake Shasta, and then up to Eugene to park it behind our son's house. Towing a huge boat made the drive longer, having the engine light on in the truck made part of it seem endless. Our reward was lots of time spent snuggling our perfectly precious grandson, erasing hours of tension. So here we were back in the trailer, just chillin' eating some pistachio nuts. Yum. Love pistachio nuts and recently there has been a lot of hype about how very good-for-you they are which makes them an even more perfect snack.

I was kicked back in my chair when Tiffy our little Yorkie appeared with her paws up on the foot rest, I assumed begging to get up on my lap. But upon further inspection I noticed she was whacking her little neck on the footrest doing all sorts of strange jerking motions. "Craig!!! What's wrong with Tiffy??!!!!!" I yelled as I picked her up from the floor. At this point, her little head began to shake violently and jerk and he grabbed her from me while I hopped up to turn on the overhead lights.
Meanwhile, Hubby had her upside down whacking her on the back, trying to figure out how to preform the heimlich maneuver on a 3 pound dog. She was still making noises and her head was vibrating at an alarming  pace. Couldn't tell if she was turning blue. Do dogs turn blue?
"Maybe she has something caught in her face hair!!" I suggested, and he turned her around to look at her. That's when he noticed it. A pretty good sized pistachio nut, shell on, was lodged between her upper and lower jaw. He put his huge man hands into her tiny mouth and pried the nut out. Whew! That was pretty traumatic. Tiffy was sitting on the couch as if nothing had happened. I was a wreck. I wondered aloud, "How did she get a hold of that anyway?"  Craig said, "Well....I dropped one and it fell between the arm of my chair and the seat. I figured it was just lost in the chair, but it must have fallen through to the floor."

Note to self. "Do not give Craig pistachio nuts around grandson....Ever."