Puppy Swallows 8-Inch-Long Knife — And Survives!

When a puppy named Lexi started throwing up one day, her family assumed she just had an upset stomach. They took her to the vet — and discovered she had somehow swallowed an 8-inch-long steak knife and gotten it lodged in her esophagus.

The vets at Animal Referral Hospital had never seen anything like it before.

Dr. Jody Braddock and her team put an endoscope camera down Lexi's throat so they could see the serrated edge of the knife, and were then able to slowly pull the knife out with forceps without hurting Lexi. The process took 45 minutes — but miraculously, they succeeded.

Lexi spent the next three days in the hospital, and then was finally able to return home to make a full recovery.

Lexi's family is at a loss for how she got ahold of the knife in the first place, but they definitely plan to keep a watchful eye on the playful pup in the future.