What will happen if you swallow a quarter?

When you are a skinny six year old..... or any shape, size, or age for that matter; you should never put a quarter in your mouth. First off that is just disgusting, who know where it has been. Second you could accidentally swallow it. Right now I am telling you, I am just so grateful it when down one tube and not the other or I would not have a six year old with me any longer :( Are you ready for the full story? The kids were downstairs watching a show and I ran up stairs to send some paypal invoices to a couple of clients. I hear Kylie next to me and she holds up two bloody fingers. Of course I asked what had happened not expecting the words to come out that she SWALLOWED A QUARTER!!!! Even more frightening she tried her best to dig it out of her throat ( that's why the bloody fingers!) I asked her if she hurt and she told me her chest by her heart hurt really bad! I made sure she wasn't having any trouble breathing and then called the pediatricians office. They told me if she was in pain to take her to the ER, something I already knew in my gut I had to do. I then called Bryan and he told me she would be fine and not to waste the money taking her in. She would just crap it out later, right? Kylie didn't look normal to me though, she looked like she was in agony :( So despite Bry being mad at me I took her in. We sat there for 2 hours waiting to see what the plan was. We finally got an X-ray (Ethan and I got to watch) and sure enough the quarter was lodged in her esophagus right where she had been complaining it hurt so badly. They then informed me they would be sending us up to Primary Children's for the removal of it :( I wish I had saved the time and gone up their in the first place, because I knew before they told me that it was stuck and I knew exactly where already. My Mom freaked out a bit and left work to come with me. I called Bryan and the moment he heard we had to go up to Primary's he left work feeling really bad for chewing me out and thinking it wasn't that big of a deal. I felt so bad for my little Kylie bug. You could tell how much pain she was in, and there was nothing I could do to make her feel better. We made it up to primary's about 4 hours from the time of incident. They decided to try first a dumb man's cure (as I call it). We are going to have her drink some sprite and jump up and down to see if we can get it to move down. Okay! Why didn't I think of that, right? Wrong! It didn't work, it stayed stuck :( So Bryan followed Kylie in with the radiologist. They (she was alert for this whole part) shoved a long tube down her throat and pushed the quarter into her stomach!!! She shook and vomited :( Kylie now has a quarter moving through her digestive system, and a lovely pair of sweats from the hospital. I would never in a million years have thought Kylie of all people putting a quarter in her mouth. That is my biggest problem, I expect things like this from her little brother, but not her. Needless to say we sat down and told her that night how much worse that could have gone. It most likely would have killed her if it had gone down the wrong tube, something that would have killed my spirit as well. Happy Mother's day to me, it may cost me a fortune, but nothing can put a price on my Kylie's safety! I'm so glad she is okay and both of my kids vowed to keep small objects out of their mouths! Now I have an X-ray of a little body with a big quarter stuck tight, definitely going in the book of remembrance.