'My baby girl swallowed a water bead and nearly died - don't buy them please'
A BABY who swallowed a water bead has been left with a nasty infection which could have given her brain damage.
Folichia Mitchell, mum-of-four, bought a water beads activity kit in late October for her 8-year-old son, who is on theThe mum first noticed something was wrong when Kennedy began vomiting and became "very lethargic".But somehow, her 10-month-old baby daughter Kennedy got hold of the plastic beads and managed to swallow one leaving her on death's door.
The mum from Maine, US is now calling on all parents to throw away any water beads they may have and for the manufacturers to add warnings to packaging. "The makers have got to add a warning that water beads could cause a blockage in the digestive system that could lead to death," Folichia wrote in an essay forThe mum first noticed something was wrong in early November when Kennedy began vomiting and became "very lethargic".discovered a bead had blocked the infants digestive tract, and immediately performed surgery to remove the object.
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