The Dangers Of Lithium Batteries: A Family's Warning
Evie Kientz was just over a year old when her family almost lost her. “It’s really a long road and we’re taking it day by day,” said her mother, Kristen Kientz. Kristin said five months ago, her daughter swallowed a small lithium coin battery - about the size of a nickel - that had fallen out of a toy. “Even so, getting her to the hospital right away, she was in the hospital for a month almost. She was in the ICU for a week.” Surgeons were able to remove the battery, but Evie's throat was severely damaged. The batteries can burn through a child's esophagus in as little as two ho...