THE Children they face everyday household dangers at home, such as swallowing an object. But the case of Luke McMillan, with a more than toxic stack, he left everyone in shock.
The 5-year-old from Arizona, United States of Americait was very inclined to suffer ear infectionssomething that due to the regularity has already alarmed his family to see him touching his ears over and over again.
That’s when his mother Erica took him to the doctor to get checked out and he was diagnosed with an ear infection. They prescribed antibiotics. But things were not as they seemed.
Chest x-ray and surprise
At first the baby seemed to get better, but it did Difficulty swallowing solid food and returning it, spreads The mirror.
Luke’s parents decided to switch his diet from solids to liquids to make sure he could feed himself.
“We just assumed it was a side effect, because he already has,” the mother mused. But after the boy finished his course of antibiotics, he still wasn’t able to swallow solid food.
Erica took the boy back to the doctor, who assumed it was a reflux problem. But maternal instincts told her that there was something beyond her, so to remove the doubt she went in search of another pediatrician.
This new doctor asked for a chest x-ray from Luke, something that a priori sounds like a daily step to rule out conditions.
“I saw him giving a weird look,” revealed Erica, who was asked by doctors if Luke had swallowed a coin or was wearing a button necklace, to which she answered no.
Surgery and appearance of a lithium battery
Luke was rushed to a hospital, where he suffered a emergency surgery to remove the object.
“The doctors told me it couldn’t possibly be a battery because they start to corrode in a couple of hours,” the woman continued, still in shock.
After an hour in the operating room, one of the caregivers confirmed what she assumed: they had found a lithium battery stuck in the esophagus from Luke.
how he saved his life
That was the surprise the battery was wrapped in electrical tapeand according to what the doctors speculate it could be the reason that saved the child’s life.
The battery had been driven down Luke’s throat for five weeks and there was damaged esophageal tissuethat surgeons will try to fix.
The goal is to widen the baby’s throat, although they say it’s a time-consuming process and lots of annoying surgeries.
Beyond the “lucky accident”, Erica says Luke has recovered and has already been able to eat a banana for the first time in six months.
Source: Clarin
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