The 18-month-old son of Madeline Dunn almost died after doctors had incorrectly diagnosed him with a belly bug hey actually swallowed a deadly battery that was tied in his throat.
Dunn noticed for the first time that something was wrong with Kai when he woke up at 11 p.m. screaming so intensely, the mother of two “couldn’t let him calm him down.” Not sure what was wrong, she took Kai to the hospital.
The 26-year-old from Texas Says that the little boy screamed for the entire trip to the Emergency Department, where she claims that he initially got a gastric virus.
But Dunn said that her intestinal instinct told her to push doctors in front of an X -ray, which showed that Kai had swallowed a battery of the knot – it burned a hole in his throat.
Batteries of the button contain a mix of corrosive chemicals that create a chemical reaction when they are swallowed.
They are very reactive for moisture – such as saliva – and can produce heat, causing serious burns in a short time.
Dunn says that doctors told her that she ‘saved her baby’s life’ after she pushed on the scan and an hour later Kai was brought in for emergency operations to remove the battery.
“Around 11 p.m. that evening he started screaming to the point where we couldn’t calm him down,” Dunn explained.
Madeline Dunn claims that doctors said her son Kai (photo) had a ‘stomach bug’ – until she insists on an X -ray that revealed that a deadly battery burned a hole in his throat
“Me and his father passed him back and forth between each other and we made the decision to take him to the hospital because he really drooled badly.”
Dunn said she is afraid of swallowing something they don’t hang, “so she pushed doctors for an X -ray.
“They said they could do one to make me feel better,” she explained.
‘When we walked back to the room, there was already a team of doctors waiting with him in the room and they had the X -ray that showed the button battery in his throat.
“They said he had swallowed a button [battery] – It is code red. They started pushing honey in his throat and being prepared to hurry to him in the operation.
“I didn’t know he had swallowed a button battery, but something in my gut said that I had to have that X -ray done.”
“The doctors told me when they brought him back from an operation that I saved my baby’s life by doing that,” she added. Every day I just keep thinking that we were lucky. ‘
Surgery was successful and doctors could remove the battery, but the esophagus of the little boy was black as a result of burned and a CT scan revealed that he had been left with a hole in his throat.
Batteries of the button contain a mix of corrosive chemicals that create a chemical reaction when they are swallowed. Shown: a button in the throat of a child
A study in the Pediatrics magazine reported that from 2010 to 2019, about 70,322 visits to Emergency Department were attributed to battery -related injuries. Kai is shown above
Kai spent a week in the hospital and was placed on antibiotics and a food tube – but doctors could not tell Dunn if her son would survive.
“I kept asking them if they knew if my baby would live or not and they told me they couldn’t say it because with the hole, if he caught an infection, it could have spread to areas outside the esophagus,” she told the Daily Mail.
After a week, however, the gap in Kai’s throat was closed and he was allowed to go home, with doctors warned that he had “had been surviving”.
He was fired, but had to remove his nutrients from a food tube and was only able to eat and drink puree because he was unable to chew and swallowed solids.
Since the incident, Kai has been undergoing weekly treatments to extend its esophagus after it has been tightened because of the structure of scar tissue.
Dunn (depicted with Kai) is still not sure where the battery comes from, but wants to help increase the awareness of their potential dangers
Since the incident, Kai has been undergoing weekly treatments to stretch its esophagus after it has been tightened because of the structure of scar tissue
‘They enter every week, place it under [anesthetic] And they extend the esophagus with a balloon, “Dunn said.
“He was able to remove his food tube last week, but they said he was still looking at eight to 10 procedures.”
His mother says that she has ‘no idea’ where the battery of the button comes from – they are common in toy telephones, remote controls, key rings, watches and hearing aids – but now wants to help increase consciousness and warn other parents about some of the potential dangers.
Between 2011 and 2021, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), an estimated 54,300 emergency rooms and at least 25 deaths were attributed to exposure to batteries of the tie.
An estimated 78 percent of these incidents concerned children aged six or younger.
She encourages other people to ensure that the batteries are well protected when they are toys for children.
She said advice to other parents and said: ‘I have no idea where it [the battery] Come away, but when we checked his toys after he was admitted to the hospital, most of his playgroup contained batteries in them.
‘It simply ensures that if toy buttons batteries contain that they are safe and the back is tight on them.
‘Unfortunately, there have been many deaths because of batteries, especially with younger children.
‘We were told [by doctors]… to go to the hospital immediately, because the faster it is removed, the better. ‘
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