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The kiwi mother of a five-year-old who survived emergency surgery after swallowing 30 fridge magnets described in tears the "guilt" that she feels during the course of her life. l & # 39; test.
Noah Lefau was rushed to the Monash Children's Hospital in Melbourne. where he lives with his parents who come from Ōtāhuhu, Auckland, after being found coiled on the floor of their house in agony by his grandmother.
After an X-ray at the hospital, it was revealed that Noah had 30 magnets Seven years later, the five-year-old man spent the next six hours in emergency surgery, the doctors removing the magnets and sewing 12 holes in his bowel and intestine.
Noah's mother, Christelle Lefau, was clearly moved by the incident as the doctors said they were not far from claiming her life.
"If it was less than half a day longer, it would be dead." Ms. Lefau said.
He turns Noah used a chair to climb and take the little silver magnets from Lefau's fridge.
He thought they were lollipops
Dr. Maurizio Pacilli who operated on Noah said that the incident was unprecedented for him. 19659002] "I must admit that I have never seen a child swallow 30 magnets," he said.
"They travel along the intestines and they are attracted to each other, so they try to get together and in doing so, they can actually create little holes in the bowel. 39, inside the intestine
"We found about 10 or 12 holes, which we then had to repair and sew one at a time and also remove parts of the intestine." 19659002] But remarkably , despite the fact that a section of her intestine was removed during the operation, Noah would now have completely recovered.
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