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Five weeks ago, her older sister was looking after her and she suddenly became ill. her head just went backwards. then she sat back up and blood came out. so i rang an ambulance straightaway. it must have been very frightening for you? yeah. she wasn't responding and they told me to put her on her side. so she could still breathe and she just went wheezy. her eyesjust closed and she couldn't talk back to me. it was like she wasn't there. no—one knew that she had swallowed a tiny button battery, and the acid was burning through a major artery. she had to have two litres blood transfusion. she...

A tiny button battery, and the acid was burning through a major artery. she had to have two litres blood transfusion. she left surgery. she'd still got my phone, she was still talking. the last thing she ever said to me was, "mummy, i need you." i told her i loved her. that's the last time i saw her. halfway through her surgery, a surgeon came out and asked if she'd swallowed anything. i said, "not that i know." that's when they told me they thought she'd swallowed a button battery. so, we actually went up then to children's intensive care where we were waiting for more news. and hejust said, ...

Button batteries can burn holes in parts of the digestive system or choke a child after getting lodged in the throat. 

They appear harmless, but button batteries, often found in smaller electronics, can do extreme damage to the human body if they're swallowed.