An Australian boy who has suffered from breathing problems for most of his life had a small plastic toy stuck in his throat.
During the short life of 8-year-old Marley, he had a prolonged cough that made breathing difficult and he was vomiting frequently.
Marley developed a cough when he was about two years old, but his parents didn't seem to care much at the time.
Doctors diagnosed him with asthma years later, but his puffer did nothing as his condition gradually worsened. Enjakovic thought something was missing, so the family of four vowed to find the reason behind Marley's ill health. Used to play sports, football and basketball but it slowly went downhill, he couldn't run out of games, he coughed even more, brought out a lot of food every time he ate, drank water. ``At that point, Skye and I really pushed and pushed and asked more questions.
What? After being in and out of hospitals, Marley's condition hit the breaking point last December when he became "very critical" and an ambulance was called.
When Marley arrived, doctors ordered an X-ray taken, but Marley's mother, Sky Enjakovic, said they made one important change.
"Luckily, this time his x-ray was taken from a little higher up and we could see that something was going on with his esophagus and trachea," she said. .
Marley's surgeon later told his nervous parents that his son had been diagnosed with a tracheoesophageal fistula.
, drinks and saliva are basically his trachea (airway) "Kids are born with this condition, but it's always onset during pregnancy or at birth, and they're operated on in the first few days of life," Skye explained.
Marley's surgeons were unable to look down his windpipe due to inflammation, so he was then taken to Melbourne Children's Hospital on 27 December for surgical repair. was sent to
However, before surgery, the surgeon decided to take another look at his trachea.
Sky waited "nervously" for hours to find out what they had found, but she was unprepared for their shocking discovery. 
"A few hours later I got a call to see his surgeon. They pulled a piece of plastic from his airway, an arts and crafts plastic flower," she said.
"I really couldn't believe it.
"I don't know how long this price of plastic stayed in his airways, but when I started noticing a small problem that got worse over time, I was relieved." I think it will take at least five years.”
Jay said he was "unbelievable" and "complete and utter shock" when he heard the news, especially about the plastic flowers they had recovered.
"I wish I was manly like Hot Wheels or something," he joked.
He said the family did not resent doctors for not previously discovering the reason for Marley's condition when they had always believed it was not asthma. 76}
``Doctors don't know everything.
But finding the cause of Marley's health problems doesn't mean his battle is over.
"Unfortunately, Marley has left Melbourne. "It hasn't healed as suspected. Even after the inflammation subsided, the relationship was still there," Skye said. He hardly complains, he's so brave!”
Marley will undergo major surgery in Melbourne on Tuesday to repair his airway and esophagus.
