Christmas: Beware 'lethal' button batteries in toys
Sophie Skill, from Sheffield, spent days on life support after she swallowed a coin-sized button battery.
Festive lights, flameless candles, TV remotes, singing Santas and musical Christmas cards and jumpers may also contain them.See what a battery can do to a child's throat Clare immediately took Sophie to hospital and once the doctors there discovered what was wrong, they took the toddler to the operating theatre to remove the battery.Clare said:"Within two hours it had already done the damage. They did an X-ray and found it had burned through her oesophagus and her lung. She had to go on a ventilator."Sophie, now six, made a full recovery after spending days on life support and weeks in hospital.
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