Mom Saves Toddler from Swallowing Dollar Coin

A Belizean mother took to Facebook to share a frightening moment that no parent ever wants to face — her young daughter nearly choked after swallowing a one-dollar coin.

The incident occurred while the mother was preparing to make tortillas. She noticed her daughter showing signs of distress — choking, grabbing her throat, and her eyes rolling back. In a moment of panic and prayer, the mother acted quickly, attempting to remove the object from the child’s mouth.

“I screamed, ‘GOD PLEASE HELP ME,’ and hit her back with force,” she wrote. That action led to a hard swallow from the child, followed by crying — a sign that she was able to breathe again. “Fifteen seconds felt like forever,” she said.

The family rushed to the hospital, where an X-ray confirmed that the toddler had swallowed the coin — not the smaller shilling the mother had assumed. According to doctors, the girl was incredibly lucky. The coin travelled straight down her oesophagus without becoming lodged in her throat, avoiding a potentially life-threatening situation.

The doctor assured the family that the coin would pass naturally within a few days. The mother ended her post by saying, “Being a mother can be scary sometimes. I just pray I’m always around when things like this happen, because in an emergency, people often don’t know what to do.”