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05.10.2015
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According to the doctor in charge, the risk of death in such situations are 100%. Mother says: "It is now 99.99%"
A bladder Mario almost caused the death of seven months (Photo: Personal File / Livia Martins Pereira)
A baby seven months almost died after snorting a bladder in Sao Paulo. On Tuesday (22), Mario Neto Archangelo Damasceno playing in her crib when the mother, who had just come home from work, he realized he was choking. "At the time I took my son in my arms and ran - literally - to the hospital, which, luckily, was only two blocks from home," said Livia Pereira Martins, told GROW. "When I arrived, he was unconscious and purple. I even thought I was dead," he recalls. At that time, she was unaware of the choking of the subject. "I did not know it was a balloon," he explains. At first, the boy went to the Hospital of the USP and then sent to Children's Hospital Sabara (SP), where he underwent surgery.
Livia and her son in the hospital (Photo: Personal File / Livia Martins Pereira)
According to the medical responsible case, pediatric ENT Saramira Bohadana specialized airway, Mario was the first survivor after swallowing a bladder. "There is no other documented case in the medical literature. I talked to the leading experts in such surgeries and all were astonished by the fact that he escaped. This only happened because the mother was very fast, because when he arrived at the hospital, staff tried tubing it and the bladder slipped into the esophagus, "he said.
The boy was operated by Bohadana and the pediatric bronchoscopist Ascédio Rodrigues. In the operating room, the experts used tweezers to remove the baby's esophagus object. This powder was in the bladder into the lungs and pneumonia caused by foreign body, which the boy is still recovering. He had to remain sedated until Monday (28), but woke up crying all the time, threw up a few times and rejected the mother's breast. On Tuesday (29), a week after the accident, he managed to nurse and smiled again for the first time. "Only then was relieved. It was the gift I was expecting," said the mother.
"Probably how he managed to suck, will withdraw his probe on Wednesday (30) and until Friday (2) it may be that he is already at home," said the doctor. Mario is recovering swallowing, because the system was sore after the attempts of tubing when it arrived at the hospital.
The danger of bladders
Little Mario, recovering (Photo: Personal File / Livia Martins Pereira)
Latex balloons are common and seem harmless. Children love and their presence is certain at birthday parties, including the first year of babies. Not to mention those bladders distributed in stores, malls, parks ... However, these objects offer a great danger that many parents do not realize. "The risk of death is 100%. The asphyxiated child has stopped breathing, the brain is without oxygen and in a matter of minutes, death happens," explains the otolaryngologist who attended the little Mario. For her, this object should be banned and stay totally out of reach of children, especially those younger than 2 years. The same comment applies to popcorn and peanuts, foods with high potential to cause gagging.
From the day that Mario was admitted to the hospital, Livia, part of the symphonic band of the army, turned away from the job. "The doctors told me that the chances of death are 100% Now, my son survived and statistics improved:... Is 99.99% The most important thing is that he get out of here and not go home without it," he said .
In the family home, the balloons will not appear anytime soon. "Bladder is not child's play. It can kill. If I knew, would never let my son play with one. Now, ever," says the mother, since not even the grandmother who took care of the baby at the time, managed to evitat the accident. "My mother (the boy's grandmother) acted quickly, screamed and I ran. It was one of the key pieces for my son to be alive," he says.
Source: Growing
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