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   >>> die-hard new orleans saints fans like to ask who dat, but for flo ellen reichert, it was more like what dat? just days before the super bowl , flo ellen accidentally swallowed one of her good luck charms, the fleur de lis charm. it showed up on an x-ray. we're happy to report the earring was recovered, flo ellen doing good and as we all know, it worked out for the saints. she's here with her husband, mark. good morning.

   >> good morning.

   >> good morning.

   >> so, you see the fleur de lis in new orleans on everything. you don't expect it to see in somebody. what happened, flo ellen ?

   >> i put my earrings on my nightstand the night before, forgot that i put them there. the following night, when i put my vitamins on my nightstand, i grabbed them and happened to swallow an earring with my vitamins.

   >> how many vitamins were you taking?

   >> six.

   >> all at once?

   >> mm-hmm, yes.

   >> wow! so, now, show us the earring , if you can. this is the earring there, and this is the size of that, a little quarter next to it, just to give you an idea. that's really pointy. did you feel it as you swallowed it?

   >> immediately, yes.

   >> so, what was your thought?

   >> well, i turned on the lamp and looked at the end table, realized -- i told my husband, i said, i swallowed my earring , and it's stuck --

   >> wow. was that painful?

   >> very.

   >> oh, my gosh. dan , what were you thinking at that point?

   >> i was thinking i don't have an answer for that, so i called 911.

   >> so, they take you to the hospital. they had to pump your stomach.

   >> yes. eventually they had to pump my stomach to get it out.

   >> dan , you're watching all this going on. you must have been frightened.

   >> initially they said it's going to take five minutes, so i just anticipated we would be out. it was about six hours.

   >> six hours? my gosh. what was going through your mind at that point?

   >> i was trying to figure out exactly how bad this was going to be, and flo was primarily concerned whether she would get the earring back so she could wear it for the super bowl .

   >> so, they got it out. they saved the earring . you wore the earring . was it worth it?

   >> oh, yeah -- well, i didn't swallow it intentionally, but yes, it was worth getting it back.

   >> well, i didn't think you did.

   >> no, but it was worth getting it back. they're my good luck earrings. i wear them for every game.

   >> well, obviously, it seemed to work, didn't it?

   >> yes, it did.

   >> 106 million viewers watching that saints game. what was the turning moment for you guys, besides getting your earring back, during the game?

   >> well, in the game, you know, it was a tremendous game. they were two really extraordinary teams, but when tracy porter made that pick at the fourth quarter, you realized that the door was slamming and truly the saints were going to get that monkey off their bank.

   >> still, that onside kick i thought was amazing.

   >> you know, sean payton is an amazing coach, and one of the things that separates him from everybody else is he's aggressive and he tries to win.

   >> you guys didn't get to see it in person. you watched it on tv. obviously, your son, your dog, everybody, your family, your friends, all very thrilled. what's the lesson you learned here, flo ellen ?

   >> next time put my earrings in the jewelry box right where they belong. don't ever leave them on the end table. and check my vitamins before i swallow them.

   >> more importantly. are you getting anything, any new kind of jewelry that maybe has a chain that you could help pull it out?

   >> no, well, smaller fleur de lis next time.

   >> thank you very much, dan and flo ellen rickard, thank you so much.

   >> thanks, al.

   >> glad it worked out for you and the saints.

   >> who dat.

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