dave vs. chicken

dave was allergic to poultry while growing up. then about a year into marriage, dave was smelling some kind of chicken i was making and decided he really wanted to try it. i let him know i had no idea how to get to the hospital, so if he stopped breathing, he was out of luck.
he tried the chicken and had no problems. so for about 12 years now, he's been eating chicken with no real problems.
in the past several months, he has had some small reactions to some of the chicken he eats some of the time. it's very odd since he can eat something one nite and be fine but then have a reaction when he eats it for leftovers the next nite.
well, on top of his chicken issues, he also has had an issue swallowing. i have yelled at him on countless occasions to chew his food properly. he usually ends up in the bathroom, sticking his finger down his throat in order to throw the food up.
well, the other month dave started doing his usual hiccup/food is stuck routine after about his second bite. he headed into the bathroom while the boys and i finished our meals. i was explaining to the boys why it is so important to chew your food carefully. the funny thing was, dave had cut up his chicken into little bites and hayden even commented on what small bites dave had.
dave stuck his finger down his throat for about 2 hours before he finally decided he needed to go to the hospital. he wasn't having trouble breathing, it was simply stuck and he couldn't get it out.
so he goes to the livonia providence urgent care where they try to help him but can't. so they then send him on the the novi er. he called me and told me i would need to come at some point. so mom came over at probably around 11:30pm to sit with the boys while i went to be with dave.
finally at about 3am, they sent us up to the operating room where they had to knock him out, stick a tube down his throat and grab the chicken. once that was done, we were out of there in no time. got home a little after 4am.
when the dr. came out to tell me they were done, he showed me a picture and said that it looked like dave could possibly have a rare condition that makes swallowing more difficult. we needed to schedule an appointment to see him and then he would have to go to the hospital for some tests.
so...after all of these years of me thinking he just wasn't chewing good enough, it looks like there was actually a reason for it. so i apologize, dave!
on march 23, dave went into to providence in southfield where they stuck a tube up his nose and down his throat and had him drink while they monitored his swallowing. after that, they stuck another tube up his nose and down his throat that was connected to some machine that documented every time he swallowed. he had to have that in for 24 hours. so he laid around that day looking a bit silly and being very irritated by the tube down his throat.
he goes in to see the dr. next week and will get the results of those tests. luckily, there hasn't been any more incidents since that evening, however, i am making the same dish he had that nite, this evening. so we'll see!