A toddler nearly died after swallowing lithium battery. Luckily, after spending six days on life support and after few months of recovery the girl was brought back to South Yorkshire home.
Clare, mother of Sophie Skill, 2 years old, said it was in July when she saw her child holding the back of her neck while crying. She said she knew right away that her daughter swallowed something. So, she rushed her baby to Sheffield Children's Hospital where they found out that the kid swallowed small lithium battery.
The doctors then told Mrs. Skill that the acid from the battery burned Sophie's esophagus. Thus, they need to proceed with the emergency surgery to quickly remove the object from her body.
The doctors managed to remove the battery. However, they were unable to detect that there's a hole in her throat and it was caused by the corrosive caustic acid. After 24 hours, the little girl showing sign of progress but the second X-ray revealed the hole.
They later found out that the acid burned through the little girl's lung. Hence, the doctors quickly placed the child to intensive care and put Sophie on ventilator. After a week, a CT scan uncovered that the hole wasn't healing because the acid was continuing to corrode the young girl's esophagus.
Doctor Sean Marven then carried out another surgery and took some tissue from the child's side and placed it around the hole to help in the healing process. After which, Sophie was put on life support for six days.
After few months of recovery, doctors found out that her throat was totally healed, so they discharged Sophie in September last year. "She is fantastic now, running around like nothing ever happened," the happy mom told Mail Online. "She is a really happy little girl, and is looking forward to celebrating her third birthday next month."
