Re: Slightly O/T: Calling all bullshit meters...

On Jun 5, 10:36 am, Marianna <nomiddleinitia...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Make sure you watch the video at the link.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/06/02/earlyshow/living/parenting/...

(CBS) An eight-year-old Indiana girl swallowed 30 magnets and steel
balls from a toy last month and, her father says, needed emergency
surgery to save her from what doctors told him were eight gunshot or
stab-like holes in her intestines.

Haley Lents told Early Show co-anchor Maggie Rodriguez Monday she
ingested the ten magnets and 20 steel balls because they "looked like
candy."

Haley's father, Jason Lents, told CBS News he "really" doesn't
understand how Haley could have consumed the parts, because she "gets
A's and B's, and we taught her not to do stuff like this."

Jason says doctors told him Haley is lucky to be alive. She spent two
weeks in the hospital.

He says he and his wife were in the same room as Haley in their
Huntingburg home when she consumed the items, and they didn't even
realize it. He says they rushed Haley to the hospital two days later
when she began experiencing pain so severe she could barely stand up.

The parts came from a toy called Magnetix, made by Mega Brands, which
issued a statement about the incident: ""Mega Brands was saddened to
learn that a child sustained injury from ingesting a large number of
toy parts, some of which apparently contained magnets. While we have
not been able to confirm whether the toy involved was a MEGA Brands
product, it is clear this was a highly unusual and isolated situation
and is not indicative of any problem with Mega Brands' magnetic
construction toys currently on the market. In general, if a child
swallows 30 pieces of any toy, it is likely that it will result in
harm regardless of the toy in question."

Haley told Rodriguez she wants other kids to know they shouldn't eat
toy parts.

Jason also wants to get the word out. He pointed out to Rodriguez
that, "These are high intensity magnets. There are so many parents out
there that have no idea that these toys -- it just takes two magnets
to kill someone. ... And because they are so easy to swallow ... (Mega
Brands hasn't) done enough. Now, Mega ... has said that, coming out in
July of '08, next month, that they have a completely redesigned
magnetic set that contains no magnetic parts that can be
swallowed. ... They obviously feel that there's an issue."

Marianna says: Okay, am I the only one who thinks there is waaaaaaay
more to this than we're being led to believe? I have a gut feeling
that the dad is behind this and that the kid did not do this
accidentally. On another NG someone speculated that the kid may be
retarded, although she's not really (intentionally) being portrayed
that way. What do y'all think about this?

Marianna

I've read one story that says the kid just couldn't resist the little
metal balls. Do kids put B-B gun pellets in their mouth; they're not
shiny so maybe that makes a big difference.

My 4 year old put marbles in her mouth; pennies in her mouth and in
both cases she immediately came to me when she swallowed them, scared
to death she'd hurt herself. My 6 year old grandgirl put the back of
a pin (tie-tack) up her nose while at school. When school called to
tell me they couldn't get the pen (I thought) out of her nose, I went
to school and had to take her to ER to have it carefully removed. She
thought the thing would melt like the M&Ms the boys were putting up
their noses. This kid is ADHD and slightly learning disabled and was
very bored.

I don't buy this story - unless something else is going on with the 8
year old that is not being reported. Smells like a lawsuit to me.

e/c annie
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