A Lakewood boy was miraculously not injured after mistakenly swallowing a metal soda can tab.
The six-year-old boy was bending the tab back and forth – like all kids do – until it fell into the soda. But he later continued drinking the soda, not realizing it was inside his drink. The next thing he knew, he had swallowed the sharp metal tab.
Though he was feeling fine, he was taken for x-rays, and the tab was spotted inside his stomach.
The doctor recommended the parents leave it alone, explaining that it appeared to be moving though his intestines.
On the following day, the tab came out of his system – again miraculously without injury.
The boy’s parents shared the pictures with TLS:
That must have been a stressful couple of hours waiting….
Buy your 6 year old apple juice boxes
not miraculous. Xray totally not necessary. . .waste of time, waste of money. . .waste of anxiety, unnecessary exposure.. not news worthy.
If this patient would have called Dr Shanik, he would have said not to worry….
But the damage from the soda remains! 🙂
Not a waste of money or time because you have to make sure the cap went down and did not get stuck in the oesophagus.