A Utah mom is warning parents after her nonverbal, autistic son swallowed 5 magnets that she said were marketed as a toy for children with autism. JennaBreeTV
WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah — Misti Smith’s non-verbal, autistic son Braxton turned 20 at the end of September. He got a set of high-powered magnets from his grandparents.
“It's advertised and marketed as, 'This is for kids. This is for people with autism,'" said Smith."There was no reason my parents looking at that would have thought, ‘Oh, we shouldn't buy this for him.'" A few weeks later, her son suddenly kept throwing up, so she took him to the emergency room. An X-ray showed he swallowed five of the magnets, and surgeons removed 12 inches of his small intestine.
Dr. Katie Russell, the medical director of pediatric trauma surgery at University of Utah Health and Intermountain Primary Children’s Hospital, has seen up to 100 magnets in some kids. “At our hospital, we see at least one of these kids a month, probably more," she said. “They actually make holes in the intestines where they click together because these magnets are so strong.”“I just want to make sure that families and parents know that these magnets can be really dangerous," she said.“We love that there's a wider market of sensory toys, but we do depend on those companies to make sure they are safe for our kids," she said.
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