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"Girl Swallows 30 Magnets, Steel Balls
Toy's Parts "Looked Like Candy" To Her; They Rip 8 Holes In Her Intestines; "Lucky To Be Alive""
So sad! So crazy! CLICK HERE to read the article accompanying this headline.
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."
thats my cousin !!!
woah
I wan't to swallow some of perez's magnets
first!
Disgusting [=
1st fatass
This is an episode of Grey's Anatomy!
why the hell would you give your kid a toy where pieces look like candy anyway? Kids eat anything
ahhah wow wasn't something like this on House???
Re: hey – ya right
or Grey's Anatomy…
first!!!!!
what an idiot child
i wouldn't have ever swallowed toy parts at 8 years old
i wasn't retarded
FIRSTTT
I think an intelligent eight year old
should know the diff between metal and candy
but I think she is/was special needs
She was 8 years old!! Not exactly going to be a rocket scientist now is she.
This toy has been recalled before.
Starra!
Better than SPERM, I guess.
Found on Google: "My son just had abdominal surgery to remove two pieces of the toy building set, called Magnetix, that he swallowed. The pieces stuck together from different places in his bowel and wore holes in the bowel walls over time. His intestines shut down, causing a life-threatening bowel obstruction. He was seriously ill. He now has about a 5 inch scar up the middle of his belly. By God’s grace he survived."
I feel awful but I LOL'd.
firstt
Awwww! That is TOO sad!
1ST!
wow what a stupid child…i am going to have to go ahead and say the parents were just saying they were in the room and really weren't watching the child, or are that stupid that they didn't see her eat thirty magnets…oh man
i swear this shit was one greys anatomy
first
OK but that's pretty stupid… because they "looked like candy"… Well, upon trying one out and it not TASTING like candy, why would you eat 30 of 'em?!
Fucking lame. This kid is mental. It is SO not the toy manufacturer's fault.
PENDEJA
How about if you supervise your children while they play with this toy that's so "dangerous" that "it only takes two magnets to kill someone" instead of blaming the manufacturer. You'd think that after figuring out that the first magnet was not candy and didn't taste good your idiot daughter would have stopped eating them!
Awww! Poor girl lack!
How could you not know at 8 yrs old that they did'nt look or taste like fucking candy? HOW?
did she not realize they didnt taste good?
first? or thirdd… who knows. that's sad!
My son just had abdominal surgery to remove two pieces of the toy building set, called Magnetix, that he swallowed. The pieces stuck together from different places in his bowel and wore holes in the bowel walls over time. His intestines shut down, causing a life-threatening bowel obstruction. He was seriously ill. He now has about a 5 inch scar up the middle of his belly. By God’s grace he survived.
I heard she has a magnetic personality.
I heard she has a magnetic personality.
I heard she has a magnetic personality.
verrry odd. how do you not notice your child is eating 30 pieces of a toy if you are in the same room? It must take a while to consume that much toy, and they didn't look at their daughter once?
as if it's the toy manufacturers fault that the child is semi-retarded?
That is straight out of Grey's Anatomy!!!!
Haley, you better have fetal alcohol syndrome to be this stupid. Kids suck.
Sad. But how is this gossip again?!
shouldnt a 8 year old know not to eat toys….
Ya think the child might have been a tad hungry????
What the Hell!
weirdos.
wow. thats really dumb..parent's fault for sure.
first?
the parents had better sue the ass off mega brands..
I am once, twice, three times a lady!!!
kid swallowing stuff…dangerous
How sad, but, how irresponsible can the parents be? They were in the same room with the kid, how can they not notice they're kid gobbling up magnets!? Crazy.
Thats like in that episode of Grey's Anatomy!
if any of you were more intelectual, and got your eyes of the blogs and in a paper once in a while, you'd know this has been going on since 2003. At least 12 children have DIED from these, and parents have been fighting to pull these from store shelves.
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!!! What a dumb kid. They better not try to sue either. It's the toys fault their child is retarded.
8 years old? Wow, this girl must have some disabilities. Seriously, that is not normal. I have an 8 year old and that's way beyond eating toys.
ok, i feel bad for the kid and all…but come on. you're 8 not 1. you can't tell the difference between metal and candy? sad.
So dumb. There are going to be no toys left on the market because some moron will find a way to injure themselves with every single one.
Holy Crap that happened on Grey's Anatomy
That is straight out of an episode of grey's anatomy!
Natural Selection at it's finest.
After the first few magnets, didn't the child think "hmmm, this sure doesn't taste like any candy I've had before…in fact, it kind of tastes like shit" ??? Glad the child is ok, though…close call.
she's EIGHT??!!! Even her dad acknowledges she's an idiot.
god, what an idiot.
im sorry but an 8 yr old knows the difference between candy and a hard toy..i know plenty of 7-8 yr old whom i have babysat and my friends nieces and what not..this child must be a special needs person.
They didnt say whether those As and Bs were in a "special" school. She probably eats paint chips too. What a f-ing genius!!!
Honestly this is insane. My 3 year old wouldn't do that. And even if the 8 year old was insane enough to eat one she would realize right away that they weren't candy.
Wow.
what a fuckin retard! Didnt taste like candy did it?!Moron.
what an idiot..
i bet you she was a blond kid..
It's a shame her dad let her on TV because its apparent that there is a problem with that girl and her situation. Those pieces are BIG, there is no way she actually thought it was candy. She was either made to do it or she did it for attention.
these things had more serious recalls than lead paint. where were her parents heads?
Um, she was 8 years old! I have an 8 year old nephew who knows not to eat his toys!
This toy needs to be taken off the shelf. It has a warning sign posted below it in numerous stores… If the toys is dangerous, stores should NOT sell it.
Both my sons have repeatedly asked for the Magnetix toy and I will never ever buy it. The toy itself resembles gum balls, no wonder the kid ate it. My kids would probably do the same.. and it's not due to lack of intelligence. Kids put things in their mouths.
The company needs to step up and just stop selling the toy.
Re: Jordan – HA HA HA HA HA I agree…. The parents probably force fed them to her anyway, just so they could sue somebody…
They dont look like candy! My brothers have some and anyone in their right mind could see they arent candy. Those people look like backwoods rednecks! My 3 year old plays with them when he goes to my parents house and he knows they arent candy!
ok seriously, i think the kids parents put her up to this. It's a fucking toy they bought her and she thought it was candy??? I don't know what kind of candy they have in indiana, but i've never seen silver candy before. AND the parents didn't realize that she was eating ball bearings when they're in the same room?? Awesome parenting. Actually, you know, judging form the intelligence of the parents I can honestly believe she thought it was candy. Nevermind. Carry on.
that's awful, but surely an 8yr old knows the difference?!
um i dont think most parents think they need to be up in their 8 year olds' business making sure they dont swallow toy parts. 8 years old. If the child was 4-5 i would see peoples' point.
this seems like a fluke incident for an 8 year old.
it is seriously getting so ridiculous that people in general are always trying to blame everyone else (ie the toy makers, the video game designers, restuaransts, etc) for their kids being angry, or violent, or over weight or eating thirty magnet pieces, when the real issue is the lack of parent supervision…. Stop pointing fingers and take some accountabilty for your child.
at least the company is trying to fix the problem
That was a story line on Grey's anotomy
The parents need to stop blaming the toy company because they were both in the room with this child when she was swallowing 30 magnets! Of course toys have small, dangerous parts… that's why they usually have a warning!!
Does this child not chew her food? Does she just unhinge her jaw like a snake? How do you eat 30 toy parts without biting down on one piece and realizing it's not food?
oh stupid kid. magnets have IRON, candy has SUGAR. RETURN TO SENDER
I'm glad my parents weren't that dumb, but mostly that I have never been dumb enough to mistake magnets as candy. wouldn't it taste bad after eating just one?!
This has to be the dumbest 8 year old ever. What a moron! The parents sound like real winners, too. Never blame yourself or your idiot kid, blame the toy company!
What.an.idiot. You'd think after eating one or two magnetic balls something in the brain would click and say hey wait a minute, this doesn't taste like candy… 3 year-old I can understand, but 8?? Seriously…
I have an 8yr old and there is no way on this earth that she would eat anything like that. If a child would swallow that many toy parts she is either needing attention real bad or she has neurological issues ( im am not trying to be hateful, but come on parents there is something wrong with this) my heart goes out to the little girl.
i'm sorry but the girl is 8…..isn't that old enough to stop swallowing metal after the first one?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?
thats so stupid
They didn't notice? I have to think, considering the "As and Bs" comment, that the child is developmentally disabled, so…
Why did the parents have such an inappropriate toy in the house? Since this has been in the news, rather than blame the company (I have no doubt the package and instructions are full of warnings) here's an idea…
Don't buy it!
It's like people complaining their kids were watching horror movies and blaming the studio, you let them watch. People need to actually pay attention to their kid every now and again. Hell we all know it's a pain in the ass, but nobody forced you to have them.
I'd lick balls too if they looked like candy.
poor thing. thank God shes alive
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wow!
Total bullshit. My 10 year oldson has these toys. They are shiny silver metal balls that are clearly not candy. He has had them since he was 6. He has never eaten them. I think you would know once you stuck one in your mouth and it hurt the crap out of your teeth, cause you cant bite into it. Something seems fishy here to me.
Do NOT even think of blaming the toy company for this - blame the (sorry) STUPID ASS KID and her brain-dead parents! Other than a child with special needs, what EIGHT year old child thinks it's okay to eat ANY toy? Come on now. And 30! I can ALMOST see "accidentally" thinking one or two were candy BUT 30! That's insane.
This girl is an idiot. 3rd grade and she doesn't know not to eat fucking toys? This is not "sad", it's stupid.
Um an 8 year sure as hell should know the damn difference between candy and toys. And if she knew they were toys and still ate them then something is wrong with her mentally. Dumb kid.
yeah, i've seen a lot of candy that looks like shiny silver balls… i don't mean to sound like i'm making fun, but come on — an 8 year old putting toys in her mouth?! the parents deserve to be smacked for allowing this to happen, she's obviously got something wrong with her and she can't handle playing with toys with small parts still..