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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."
I wonder if the parents didnt have something to do with it.
Maybe they told her to swallow them in order to get a little $$$$.
I just cant see a 8 year old looking at a magnet and thinking it looked like candy! After chewing on 3 she should have caught on but 30!!!
Really when you think about it ..she said it looked like candy but she knew it was a magnet since you know she was playing with it.
The cords pluged into the wall might look a little like licorice.I think Im going to go chew on one and see what happens.lmao
I will be SHOCKED if its any good
BE NICE! This poor thing is STARVED for attention! HER PARENTS NEED TO STEP UP!
i babysit for a five year old boy who lvoes to play w/ magnetix..one, they don't look like candy at all..i've never seen silver balls of bubblegum or anything before and 2)..even he's smart enough not to small 30 pieces..what an idiot..maybe after the first one she would've realized it wasn't candy dumbass
these things happen very often.parents should be more careful with their kids.and to think the parents were in the same room with their daughter.where did they have their mind?
Re: Sue –
Actually Sue, I think CPS needs to step up.
I see a couple magnets in her pooper
I heard that the child was recently adopted from Russia, where she was ignored and left to starve in an orphanage. Her brain is still in "I'll eat anything to stay alive" mode, and even though she knew it was not candy, she could not resist the urge to eat the magnets. It will take years of loving care from her new parents to learn how to overcome such impulses.
Have a little heart, people. An 8-year-old is no one to make fun of on a celebrity gossip site.
seriously — people in indiana are just fucking retarded.
Can you say RETARD?
Wat 8 yr old child would do that swallow a toy/magnet!!!!!!!!!!!????????????
Re: Mary –
Oh I think the majority of us here agree with you Mary, it's the parents at fault for this, and frankly, if the child is an adoptee from Russia, I hope they get her a psychiatrist and not send her back or turn her over to the state because she is too much trouble, as many many have before. I'll amend what I said;
Don't have children, or adopt children if you can't be bothered to look after them properly.
given the fact that the kid managed to eat 30 pieces shows right there that the parents dont pay attention to her…after being ignored she decided to get some attention this way.
…Why blame the kid? If the parents were in the same room, it's their fault. Whether they taught her not to eat toy pieces or not, they obviously weren't watching her. Some people shouldn't be allowed to breed.
what a dumb ass kid ..maybe her parents are ignoring her and she wanted attention..
duh u fucken retard what type of kid swalows magnetic balls thinkin they are candy wouldnt after the first one u relize it ?!?!
how does an eight year old not know the difference she must be SLOW!! and if her parents were in the same room how did they not notice 1 of the 30 times she put something in her mouth they are just as fucking DUMB!!!!!
EIGHT YEARS OLD!!! Um, did she not realize after the first one they were not candy?!? My nephew has this toy, it's great for building, and he's not too bright, but he has never eaten it!!!
Re: nnol –
LOL. I agree with nnol. So dumb…
why the fuck would she keep eating them if they obviously didn't taste like candy? what an idiot. fucking 8 years old for god's sake, can't she read? i would feel more sympathy to this girl if she was 3 or 4, but eight?! stupid, stupid little girl.
hm.
i thought candy tasted good.
metal balls do not sound like they taste like candy.
they don't exactly look like candy either…
Not very bright kid is she?
this was an episode of Grey's Anatomy!
the parents noticed after they found her stuck to the fridge!!!!
That is one stupid fucking kid. If they didnt taste like candy, then you should STOP EATING THEM.
stupid fucking parents! they should be forced to eat that shit! watch what your R-E-T-A-R-D-E-D kids are doing, assholes!
She's EIGHT years old and SWALLOWING TOYS? Usually kids don't do sh*t like that after their toddler years…What a dumb f*ck!!!! And where the hell were the parents when this happened? 30 pieces? This kid is psychologically messed!
stupid people, stupid kid.
i bet they try to do a class action suit against the toy company and get a bunch of money for this bs. just like that bitch who sued mcdonalds because she spilled coffee on her lap. now all coffee is served lukewarm because of her ass.
millions of people have played with these toys and not had a problem.
now one retarded kid ruins it for everyone.
use common sense, you dumbasses…
would you sue your car company if you ran over your dog?
To bad she didn't die. If you're that stupid, you should be removed from the gene pool.
She said they taste like candy, so after the FIRST she should have realized that what she was trying to eat was not candy, IF she gets A's and B's.
There is something mentally wrong with this girl if she ate THAT much crap and still thought it was candy. Unless she's on another planet she knows what candy tastes like and SMELL like. They need to have her checked for something else.
What a fucking idiot. You shouldn't eat 30 of anything, let alone something that is not FUCKING FOOD! What a dipshit, and the parents are as equally retarded.
What a stupid kid. She's 8 years old…. When I was 8, I knew the difference between metal/magnets and candy. It didn't taste like candy, so why the need to eat 30 pieces? Would the fact that she couldn't chew the hard metal ball not give way that it wasn't candy? They have age restrictions on toys for a reason, and obviously they didn't take into consideration that some 8 year olds…are really dumb.
Thats ridiculous. She's eight years old .. how on earth could mistake that many metal objects for candy?
One I could maybe understand, but you think she'd figured it out when she tried to chew it don't you?
He dumbass parents probably made her eat them so they can sue the company.
gosh, some of you guys are like ruthless. the kid AND her parents have gone through enough without you guys calling them retarded. kids do stuff. parents can't keep their eyes on them ALL the time. give them a break.
An 8 year old? That's a LITTLE old.. i thought it was maybe a 2 year old. OBVIOUSLY something is wrong wtih this girl. Retarded or somethin
Grey's Anatomy did a story like this… or was it Private Practice? No, pretty sure it was Grey's.
Ok, I have kids and I can see how horrible this could be, especially if the toys were around younger kids with less common sense…..but eight years old and swallowing toys because they looked like candy? There's either some underlying mental condition going on, or I'm getting kind of a darwin vibe here..
How did she not know they were a toy ,she had to play with them before . my 8 year old son wouldnt eat toys and he chews his food ….but hes not dumb like this little brat. lol
Retard
all I have to say is can we nominate this kid for the Darwin Award??
this is from an episode of Greys Anatomy, but the kid in the episode did it to get his parents attention
$50 they will try to sue the company that made them. That child has to have extreme mental retardation to do something so idiotic at 8 years old.
That kid really does sound like it has special needs…an 8 year old??? Come on!! That's a little crazy..they should know the difference between candy and toys by then.
8 is too old for that crap. What kind of idiot doesn't notice that a piece of candy doesn't have a taste, is incapable of being chewed, and doesn't wear down like hard candy? Why would she swallow 30 of them? After the first one it should have been obvious they weren't candy, no matter how much they LOOKED like it. This isn't the companies fault, and it isn't even the parents' fault…unless they KNEW their daughter was a retard and left her alone.
The kid's EIGHT!!!
that's sad, and dumb on her part
OH THERE IS A DISEASE FOR THIS… THIS IS REAL!!…
there is a disease where people like to eat metal parts.. they say its some sort of mental/dependancy( SPELLING SORRY) for getting iron in the body .. .. somthing like they like the taste of it.. …
they need to research this… their daughter might have it
I have heard MANY horror stories about Magnetix. I would never buy them for my kids. However, my kids are little and this girl is 8 years old. I can't imagine that an 8 year old would mistake magnetic balls as candy?? She must be mentally challenged in some way. Either way this is so sad because of the incredible amount of damage it caused to her body.
Re: Sarah –
THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING!!!
Why the fucking hell would the kid keep eating them if the first one didn't taste like candy? She's gotta be mentally challenged!
BTW FOR THE IDIOTS BLAMING THE TOY COMPANY..
I BOUGHT MY STEP SON TONS OF THESE AND HE NEVER ATE THEM… BTW HE WAS 6 YEARS OLD!!!!!
STOP FINDING EXCUSES FOR YOUR LACK OF PARENTING… WACKOS….
Before I clicked the link to the article I figured the child was a 2 or 3 year old! But an EIGHT-year-old! wtf.
So many things to say about this…what I CAN see happening is maybe her thinking, huh, I wonder what would happen if I eat these. 30? Yeah, quite odd. my kids wouldn't do that. but I can see wondering. Then when she realized she almost killed herself just saying, oh, I thought it was candy. Or her parents saying, what, did you think it was candy.
The thing that also strikes me though is all the people saying Where were the parents, weren't they watching her? Uh, she's EIGHT. What, do you sit around and watch your 8-year-old play with toys?? My five-year-old plays upstairs while I get dinner ready. And he's never eaten his Magnetix.
There's something wrong with this story…the child had to be mentally challenged like so many have said and if she was, then the parents are to blame for letting her play with it unsupervised. If she wasn't mentally challenged, then the parents are still to blame for not realizing that she really is because NO normal 8 year old eats ANY art of ANY toy. PERIOD.
I would investigate the parents. I wouldn't be surprised if they put it in her food as punishment for something and made her make up the story…
She's 8, it's time to stop putting things in your mouth unsupervised, she didn't notice that these "Candies" couldn't be chewed? Sounds like a cry for attention, she probably watched the episode of Grey's Anatomy.
Re: bex –
the licorice/plug is SUCH a perfect example. Isn't anything "deadly" next thing is ninth-graders won't be able to do homework on paper because they might paper-cut themselves or try to slit their wrists.
Wow, I never did stuff like this when I was little.
an 8 yr. old is old enough to know the diff between candy and magnetic balls.
this was actually an episode of greys anatomy… i always wondered if it could happen in real life, if it hadn't already
Here's an issue…your child is a fucking moron…and you should not have given her something she could eat thus harm herself with if she is such a moron.
what a fucking idiot.
MAYBE that would have been acceptable for a four year old. an EIGHT year old!? come ON
THIS IS RIGHT OUT OF AN EPISODE OF GREY'S ANATOMY!!
I'm sorry - this girl was STUPID! I would expect this from a 3, 4 or possibly 5 year old, but an 8 year old? And she did it while in the room with her parents? How about supervising your child? I have to wonder if they coached her to do it for some lawsuit $$$$. Some people shouldn't have kids. Seriously… I saw the video of the toy on TV tonight and it does NOT look like tasty candy. What's next - she'll probably go out into the garage and eat a box of nails.
Re: melind – If you were as smart as you thought you were, you would know that "intellectual" has two l's. Secondly, when I was a child, my parents taught me not to put toys in my mouth. They certainly wouldn't just let me do it while they were sitting right in front of me. At what point does personal responsibility come into play? Furthermore, if you know that your child is prone to doing stupid sh-t like eating 30 metal balls, then perhaps you should research the toys that you purchase for your child.
the little idiot was laughing during the interview, bet she did it for attention, normally you at least chew and would notice its not food. i have no sympathy forthis idiot.
wasnt there a similar story on grey's anatomy????
The kid gets As and Bs in school, my ass!
The vid of interview said it all, the kid is mentally disabled and in an attempt to cover it up her father, whom apparently spend much of his free time consuming food/candy himself, made her look even more mentally challenaged then she is by rationalizing her behavior as if the 'toy fooled her THIRTY TIMES'.
I can't believe the parents aren't humiliated and in hiding! Instead they go on national television to broadcast that their daughter made the decision to swallow a mental object mistaking it for candy THIRTY SEPARATE TIMES…..in secession over and over and over….
They must be the laughing stock of their family, friends and community. Watching the kid during the interview made me want to knock her upside her retarded head thirty separate times just imagining her dumb ass as she proceeded to consume her toys. if only we knew what she was thinking at the time…..oh to be a fly on the wall then!
rofl
seriously, how fucking dumb can you get?
My kids have some of those magnetic toys. I don't let my three-year-old play with them and my five-year-old and eight-year-old are smart enough not to eat them. I did, however, talk to them about how dangerous it is if the magnets are swallowed.
this is why i dont want to have kids…they're so effing stupid!
wtf? oh yeah, so naturally it's the toy company's fault for not saying 'DO NOT EAT ME' you FUCKING IDIOTS. i get that you're horrified and worried because something horrible happened to your daughter, but really, whose fault is it?
what a fucking stupid girl, how did she not realize after ingesting ONE that it wasnt candy ? I have an eight year old sister and if she was half as retarded as that whore, i'd disown her
p.s. it's totally obvious in the video that this girl has some sort of disability. that father is an asshole.
dumb f&cking twat, did it TASTE like candy?? NO
8………….and she didn't know……..I dont buy that at all!
Maybe girlfriend got what she wanted…a little attention!
Kids do dumb shit, and know it, it's part of being a kid.
She knew what she was doing…..I think it's safe to say a 4 or 5 year old would know better…….or should know better!
I know I sound harsh but hey, so is life.
I hope they start telling her what to eat for now on, and what not to eat.
thinning of the herd….that's all i have to say.
I say its not the toy makers or the parents on this one! An 8yr old? Come on! an 8yr old really should know better. I mean even if it looked like candy after the first piece tasting like hell or nothing like candy… uuuhhh most would stop there! My 8yr old can entertain herself for quite some time, and I do have faith that she isnt downing magnets. Maybe if they were grape scented or flavor coated the toy maker would be responsible. HOW STUPID!
I hate to sound mean, but what a dumb child. First of all, she's 8 YEARS OLD, not 2!!!
Second, after the first had no flavor, WHY would she keep eating 29 more of them!? WHAT THE HELL!? This sounds to me like some sort of cry for attention or some sort of OCD disorder that just resulted in a horror like this. There's no way this is an accidental freak accident.
This is b.s. Candy tastes sugary!!! If she wasn't able to chew on a hard magnet then she would have just kept it in her mouth until it got really really small and she could chew it up or just swallow it. SHE KNEW DAMN WELL WHAT SHE WAS SWALLOWING, LYING LITTLE BITCH!!! TOTAL FKG B.S.!!!!!
Her dad says she gets A's and B's????!!!! She needs Special Ed! I know retarded people who would know not to eat friggin magnets and steel balls. They need to have that child evaluated. She doesn't know the difference between magnets, steel balls and CANDY?? My three year old would know better! Dum Dum
my kids have these toys. when i gave them to them i told them never to eat them. they wouldn't have anything — they don't look at all like candy.
What only 30? She can't hold a candle to Kim Kardashian or Perez in the Ball swallowing category.
J/k .. I totally love you … Kim
Dumbshit. Didn't Darwin have an opinion about people like this? This why everything is so dumbed-down and people are so litigious in this country. The girl is obviously retarded. 8 years old? Freak - euthanize her.
Why is it automatically the toy maker's fault? The parents were in the same damn room as the kid, shouldn't they be watching their kid, making sure she didn't do this? I think it's sad that right away, the toy maker is at fault, instead of the negligent parents.
what a fuck tard. the kids i babysit are 5 and 7 and have magnetix, and arent even close to being so stupid as to eat the fucking things. they are large multi colored balls. if they dont TASTE like candy,why swollow them, wtf?????? was she fucking starving or something…
shes eight! oh my… maybe if she was 2, 3, or 4. maybe even 5. but 8, they better not sue, that childs retarded. my brothers 8 and he wouldnt be that stupid.
Re: Luvli – yeah but still after the first time wouldn't she notice it wasnt candy and stop putting it in her mouth . she said she thought it was candy SHE IS FUCKIN 8 WHY WOULD SHE PUT THAT IN HER MOUTH ANY WAY!!
Seriously, 30, I just saw the interview there's something wrong w/ that child. How did a little girl like that choke down 30 of these things? Where the f were her parents?
wowzers…
was this child retarded or something?
because most 8yos would know the difference between a metal toy and candy…didnt she realize when she tried to bite into it that it wasnt candy?
dumb girl
MAYBE SHE HAS PICA (A DISEASE)
fucking idiot. 8? A little old to eat thirty toy parts and think they were metal flavored candy.
society these days
i find this pathetic. didn't she realize it wasn't chewable and did not taste like candy? so that excuse doesn't work. what a retard.
poor kid!
ugh… of course there is a problem with everything, until fucking NOTHING is legal or so restricted you barely have room to breath.
Sorry but I have kids and I agree with the manufacturer. Completely isolated incident, and should be seen as such.
The only 'problem' the company sees is that this has gone public, and since there are too many people out there with little brains they will just go ahead and believe that their child won't be safe around their toys.
What 8 year old would do that? They KNOW the difference, You can not CHEW magnets..dumb ass!
poor kid
but
fucking DUMB
i understand you eat one magnet thinking it's candy
but do you not BITE YOUR CANDY?
if the shit's not bitable, do you not spit that out?
so how on earth did this kid swalow TWENTY, hard, metal tasting, magnets?
what is this child going to do with her life?????
Steel balls….? Like Kegal balls?
OMG, AN 8 YEAR OLD! HOLY SHIT! AND SHE GETS A'S AND B'S! WTF IS WRONG WITH THAT CHILD?! I STOPPED SWALLOWING THINGS WHEN IS WAS 2!
That happened in my town in indiana….first of all the girl was eight years old she should know better than to eat a toy, regardless! Secondly, the family is exploiting this poor little girl!
Wow! I had no idea magnets could be that dangerous. From another standpoint though, I would have thought a child of that age would know better than to ingest toys
I was surprised to read the girl was eight years old. I was expecting them to say she was three or something.