Man Searches for Lost AirPods Only to Realize He Had Swallowed it in Sleep
Posted by Mahit Huilgol on Feb 05, 2021 in AirPods, News
AirPods are small, and thus it is very easy to misplace or lose them. Bradford Gauthier, a man from Massachusetts, had slept with AirPods on. The next day he was in shock after realizing he had swallowed the AirPods. After rushing to the hospital, doctors had to remove AirPods from his windpipe surgically.
In an interesting turn of events, Gauthier slept with his AirPods on. When he woke up, he had trouble swallowing, and he ignored it as a sore throat. He realized something is wrong when he couldn’t drink a glass of water. At the same time, one of the AirPods was missing. Gauthier had the habit of going to sleep with AirPods as he didn’t want to disturb his six-month-old.
After being unable to locate one of his AirPods, a Massachusetts man s trip to the emergency turned it up in an unlikely place.
Bradford Gauthier, who lives in Worcester, Massachusetts, discovered on Tuesday that there are risks to sleeping while using AirPods.
After shoveling snow for two hours on Monday night, Gauthier put his AirPods in and headed for bed. In the morning, he awoke to find that one of his AirPods was missing. He also noted that he was experiencing slight discomfort in the middle of his chest. I went back out in the morning and shoveled [snow] for an hour, he told
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A Massachusetts man who slept with his AirPods in had to have one surgically removed from his esophagus after swallowing one whilst sleeping.
A Massachusetts man by the name of Bradford Gauthier had to have an AirPod surgically removed from his windpipe after accidentally swallowing it whilst sleeping.
As reported by WWLP:
A Worcester man is lucky to be breathing today after accidentally swallowing one of his AirPods.
Bradford Gauthier woke up Tuesday morning and noticed he had a little trouble swallowing. He attributed it to a dry or sore throat and carried on with his day.