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YOUR KID ATE WHAT?
Follow five life-threatening incidents where kids have swallowed unusual items. A boy swallows a AA battery and doctors must get it out before the acid burns a hole in his stomach. A 7-month swallows several coins and a sequin that sever her esophagus and threaten her ability to breath. A toddler swallows a toy car that is out of the reach of an endoscope. A girl eats dozens of rat poison pellets that can cause her to bleed to death. A boy swallows three magnets that cause his intestines to develop gangrene.
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Episode Descriptions
2 Pennies and a Hidden Sequin
A Utah mother is told her 7-month-old daughter has everything from asthma to a deadly congenital defect before surgeons discover the mysterious cause of her illness. Doctors think they solve the case when they remove 2 pennies from the infant's throat, but her mother knows there has to be something else causing her daughter's breathing to continue to deteriorate. Doctors must perform life saving surgery before the child's esophagus closes shut and cuts her ability to breath.
AA Battery
At first no one, including his parents, believe that a 7-year-old boy from Oklahoma could swallow a AA battery and not show any signs of distress. There is only doubt, until they take an X-ray showing the large battery in this young boy's body. Doctors think the battery will pass on its own; however, after 10 days stuck in the boy's stomach, it begins to corrode and leak acid. They must take drastic action to get it out.
Toy Car
When a 3-year-old boy from Georgia swallows his favorite toy car, he tells his mother to "get it out." In a panic, she rushes him to the ER, where doctors assure her that it will pass on its own. When the car doesn't pass after 4 days, the doctor decides to attempt to extract it with an endoscope. Unfortunately the car moves to the boy's lower stomach where the endoscope can't reach it. Doctors must race to get the car to the finish line.
Rat Poison
When a mother leaves her daughter alone in her room to answer the phone, she comes back to find her 4-year old eating something. To her surprise, it's rat poison pellets! She immediately calls poison control and as instructed, induces vomiting. The girl throws up 30 pellets; however her mother still has the sinking feeling that her daughter may have eaten even more. She rushes her daughter to the ER -- where she starts to throw up more pellets. Doctors must get them all out to save her life.
3 Magnets
When a 3-1/2 year old boy swallows three magnets from his toy game, his parents and doctor assume they will pass safely on their own. Little do they know that these high intensity magnets are causing his intestines to develop a serious infection. The doctors soon find that the magnets have pinched off a section of his intestine, causing gangrene. The boy must undergo extensive surgery to remove 7 inches of dead bowel -- and save his life.
