A New South Wales mom has issued a chilling warning concerning the risks of vibrant tiny magnetic ball toys after her two-year-old son swallowed 22 of them, sparking a "hell week" that noticed him bear surgical procedure.
Frankie Davis' older brothers purchased the magnet toys from the park, and his mom, Bree, thought nothing of it.
The favored magnetic balls stick collectively to create shapes and patterns.
"They have been very small, so I did not see them as a choking hazard, they usually regarded like fairly enjoyable toys," she mentioned.
However she quickly found the tiny toys might do an enormous quantity of harm.
She mentioned the primary signal one thing was unsuitable was when Frankie complained of his abdomen being sore after which began vomiting.
Over the following week, it took 4 journeys to hospital earlier than docs found out what was occurring inside Frankie's physique.
"They determined to go in for surgical procedure with a digital camera, to see what they may discover, she mentioned.
Too small to point out up in an ultrasound, medics found the high-powered magnets had dug into the two-year-old's organs and torn a gap in his digestive system.
"They managed to search out 22 in complete, round his bowel and small gut," she mentioned.
He was in surgical procedure for 3 hours at Sydney's Randwick Youngsters's Hospital, and has made a full restoration.
The couple needs to warn different households of the hazards of the toys.
The magnets have been banned in Australia for 10 years however they'll nonetheless be purchased on-line and at market stalls.
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The ACCC is urging anybody who spots them to get in contact to allow them to be taken off the cabinets.