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My Jilly swallowed the large end of a small chewie tied in a knot and choked on it. You could see it stuck tight in her throat. She could not breathe except for a horrible wheeze for many, many, many minutes - probably 15 - 20 from the time I noticed it, tried the Heimlich, called vet and until I got her to the vet. The Heimlich did not work on her. The vet told me to try to push it down then and that almost stopped her breathing but I breathed in her nose as I dressed with one hand and drove her to the vet, praying to Jesus to save her life all the way and telling her as calmly as I could that she was alright and just to relax, as I was coming undone mentally and just knowing she might die any second but somehow I couldn't really accept it. I kept praying. Somewhere on the way to the vet, the knot passed on into the trachea and down and by the time I ran into the vet's office and put her down on the floor inside the door thinking I was out of time, she stood up and looked around! She was past the emergency breathing situation then and she was kept overnight and released the next day. The vet thought that the cool air and the rush of getting her outside caused a rush of adrenaline that eventually dilated her upper esophagus enough to allow the knot to go on down. We never did chewies after that!