Puppy Nearly Ate The Pin Off My Poppy

My best friend’s 6 month old puppy tonight snatched the poppy right off my jacket. I noticed immediately and I grabbed his mouth, we retrieved the red piece and the black piece of the poppy from his throat, but no pin in sight. My heart dropped, thinking he swallowed the pin we rushed him to the vet ER, about an hour away. I was devastated that I’d been so careless, I didn’t even think about how he might go for the poppy. After making it all the way to the ER my friend stepped out of the truck, and that’s when I noticed it… on the floor right where his feet had been, the pin for the poppy. I’m still so overwhelmed and devastated by how bad this could have been, and how scary it was. I’ve been crying thinking about what ifs all night, wishing I had the foresight to see that happening, and I feel awful for all the stress I caused my friend tonight. However, I’m so very thankful to share an ending to the story that is happy, and that it turned out okay. It was lucky finding the pin, before having X-rays and all that done, and needless to say no one’s going to have poppies kicking around with this puppy near