Thanks for your concerns. I'm glad I'm the kind of person who panics AFTER something has happened, rather than while it's happening.

When Fister jumped up with that yarn in his mouth and the rest of the ball on the floor, I realized he had some in the tummy already. He also sounded like he was choking a bit. To begin with I thought he had only swallowed a few centimeters, but when I started pulling it out, I almost panicked. It kept coming and there must have been about 40 cm. Gosh, I'm glad it didn't break!! And I'm glad he stood still!

The wierd thing is that in the beginning of January, he played with a little toy mouse and batted it around under my computer screen. It dissappeared completely. I have crawled around on my knees looking for it everywhere, but still not found it. I doubt he could have swallowed that!