18-Month-Old Ingests Drain Cleaner | Temple Street Children’s Hospital | Real Responders
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This week at the Temple Street children’s hospital, in the hospital intensive care unit, 12-year-old Cealan recovers after surgery after taking a drain cleaning containing caustic soda he ingested at 18 months old. Meanwhile downstairs Michael arrives at the day ward Michael arrives for his medication for his condition known as brittle bones and newborn twins Ben and Cian have arrived for an operation to have their hernias removed.
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The mom shaming is terrible and breaks my heart…. We kept all our cleaning supplies in a cabinet above our washer/dryer and had child locks on them. When my son was 4 I was changing his sister’s diaper and heard a bang in the laundry room. I walked in and he had flipped over a laundry basket, used it to climb on to the washer, opener the child locks and was sitting on the floor trying to open a bottle of floor cleaner that he thought was juice. Thank god I caught him before something happened but it just proves that no matter what, if a kid wants to get into something bad enough, they will.
@Justin Time I’m sorry but I have to ask, but just who are you to judge and hold someone accountable.
Your sheer arrogance saying I forgive you, and God bless, would be laughable if this wasn’t such a serious subject.
Yes this mother is at fault for not making sure all poisonous, dangerous items where not placed in a high locked cupboard.
That is a fact no one can dispute.
Yet the way some are making it sound its as if she did it on purpose to injure her child.
I certainly don’t believe that for a minute, and this must have been soul destroying for her to have watch her child go through all he has, all because she didn’t use common sense.
So there is no amount of name calling, or shaming that could make this woman feel any worse than what she does.
So why must some carry on, and why do you, feel the need to be so arrogant and demeaning, to anyone who doesn’t agree with what you say.
You know anyone with a heart can look at this and say yes, she’s was at fault for not putting this dangerous cleaner in a place he couldn’t have access too, yet we can also feel sorry for her at having to witness all her baby has gone through, and is still going through to this day.
She has to watch and know that because of her wrong decisions her sons life is going to be forever changed, by painful, disfigurement, umpteen surgeries, and not being able to do normal everyday things, like eating ect, ect.
Any parent who loves a child would be beyond devastation and heartbreak, then add on to that by knowing your own actions caused this, by not doing something that should be a first thought as putting all dangerous, caustic fluids out of reach.
So I can fairly say she’s suffered and will do for the rest of her life, as will her son, who’s suffered worse than anyone in this situation, and he’s whats important in all this.
So don’t judge others, instead just thank god daily that your children will never have to suffer anything like this, as you had the commonsense to put all these items out of reach from your kids, as I’m sure that lady is eternally wishing she had.
There’s no place for arrogance here, only thinking that only for the grace of god go I.
I’m sure that’s a sentence many of us can relate too.
Perfectly said, @Reisen Udongein Inaba.
Great ideas; well said, @tasha ruth.
What bugs me in these comments is the “why was he able to get chemical “ that mother will live with that guilt every single day of her life and will most likely torture herself constantly. You can see she loves him unconditionally and wouldn’t of ever in a million years wanted that to happen. I feel for them and think it was pretty courageous agreeing to be on the program. Hope she and her boy are doing well. Xx
@Jennie Wright
Do you have children?
I totally agree, when you have any kids it’s only common sense to keep chemicals completely out of reach. Poor guy, how he has to put up with pure negligence most likely for the rest of his life!!!
Good so she should !
They’re just congratulating themselves because they’ve mistaken luck for skill. Everyone who has kids knows they do unexpected things. Sometimes they learn a minor lesson, but sometimes it’s life-wrecking. 🙁
I dont know why companies make chemical cleaners in all different, bright colors that attract little kids. Why not make everything clear, small kids wouldn’t be so enticed by them. There’s no reason for cleaners to be aqua blue, mint green, bright pink, etc..that’s why they think it’s something yummy, like colorful candy. So glad this boy will be ok.
Yeah no doubt some cleaning companies keep they’re cleaning liquids in bottles that look like pop bottles. It’s ridiculous it’s like they’re trying to harm little ones. In my local store I saw some cleaning supplies that looked like drinks. It’s crazy.
Dunno, I guess they’re itching to get sued
We have taste buds for a reason. I knew what was food and what wasn’t. even at 1 and half. Unfortunately many toddlers are not so smart.
I know. It sucks..
But, most of the times they put colorings to cover up yellowing on clothes.
The best thing you could do is keep it out of a child’s reach.
Why don’t the parents just keep dangerous chemicals out of reach of children.
why tf was this in my recommended and why tf am i watching it
@Park Soojin ikr ?
@Denija Jackson ????
I don’t think it’s bad….I mean
We armyyyyy
You would think an army could have worded themselves more respectfully – _ –
Whatever, you choose to click it. 😐
The amount of times this programme has covered children drinking acid or harmful cleaning chemicals disturbs me….
@chloe l here in the states we do. I’m not sure about there though
Just because they cover a lot of the ones that happened does it mean there’s actually a lot of them happening. It just means they catch the ones that do
@Shuichi Yeah I think that is the point. Some children, even when everything is out of range, with lock and even teaching and praising that this is super dangerous, some kids just have this attitude still being super curious and trying it out. Hope my little son will never do what I taught him is super dangerous and he should stay away!
@Ryn’s randomness that is why supervision is required
I accidentally drank poison when I was 39. A room mate was helping a neighbor move and brought home a Gallon jug of Arizona Ice Tea, and put it in the fridge. EXCEPT—-/ it WASNT IceTea, it was stainless steel stripper that the guy sold to restaurants!!
All it took was one sip.
I started spewing out saliva and chunks of cartilage ?
Thank God for medical technology nowadays ❤️❤️??
Stem Cells, Bovine Patches, 3 months ICU, another 2 months and then it took me 9 YEARSto come back from it!
I thought I was unique but NOOO, the nurses told me it’s usually KIDS AND SUICIDAL PPL.
@Sarah Riedel seems crazy but thanks to YouTube doing this short video stuff I also recognize this account. And it was a teenager a few days ago.
Fake post stop grabbing attention
wow after one sip wow
This is why you never, ever, EVER put anything in a food container that is not food. It’s all too easy to mistake it for food when it’s poison. If you can’t tell, a kid cant tell.
michaels little voice/accent is adorable!! i would have loved to care for that sweet boy
Oh my god me to he’s so precious
Yes I totally agree, when I first heard his voice, I thought how sweet, and what a joy it would be to work with Michael ??
You and me both
@Boop Boop that was an odd thing to say. ?
@sophia johnson Ah YeS ThE n e g o t i a t. O r
Poor Micheal. His school teacher adopted him and he finally had a proper home and was dearly loved. Sadly Micheal passed away from a tragic fall . RIP Sweet Boy!
@KatastrophicNoodle I’m also trying to find out
How did he die though? Nothing and noone seems to be saying it. It just gets more and more suspicious the more news articles I go down and nothing says anything.
“Tragic accident” “a fall”. What accident? Fall from where? He’s strapped into a chair, he can’t fall out of it.
Either someone dropped him and they’re trying to sweep it under the rug so they don’t get lynched on the internet or just noone really cares.
Feel bad for the poor lad
@Neisha Bateman 9 I think.
@KatastrophicNoodle yeah he was obviously dropped by someone or they had him on counter, or upstairs etc …. probably something avoidable but bound to happen unless watched 24 7 by the right person… i was worried when i read he was adopted because although thats more of a comfortable quality of life, he was safer in the hospital those people adored him
That poor boy with the burned mouth – nothing but suffering and surgery his whole life. ?
@Muff Diver life is life
@Muff Diver You’re disgustingly self righteous. Making an unforseen mistake doesn’t make you a demon parent. You’re behaving like she set it down in front of the child with the lid opened like “there ya go sweetie, drink that!”
Just because nothing has happened to your kids, doesn’t put you in some holier than thou position to be speaking down to other parents. So condescending, this woman is being punished every day, looking at her child and wishing she could have done something different to protect him. She doesn’t need strangers reiterating the mistake she knows she made everyday. People online like you are the thing that drive some people with enough on their plate over the edge. Stop typing hurtful crap and go check on your children, you oh-so angellic mother. Work on your manners. Check yourself. Do something kind or productive.
@Shayna Marie ? gold comment
It’s crazy how one moment can change someone’s life.
@Asa Faust i actually have no idea, companies should start investing on this idea.
I have a hard time opening my medicine bottles. Safety caps are important, so I tolerate this inconvenience. Why don’t all bottles (bleach, ammonia, etc) have child resistant caps ? Probably cost prohibitive.
So true! We never know
I hope that mother has found a way to work through the awful guilt and self blame you would have if your child had something so preventable happen that changed his life forever… may God bless you and your family.
She said she came to terms with the guilt as a parent. I think people shaming her probably aren’t parents.
@Poopy Peepod exactly why does he allow like bone cancer in children?? fkin magic man in the sky is bs
@SunShine Who are you to bash someone’s belief? I am not religious in any way but that is my personal choice! Has it ever occurred to you that some people may be religious not because they believe some dude in the clouds is watching over them, but because it is a source of guidance, support and hope for them? Religion is more than a god and a book. It is a lifestyle, it offers structure and morality to people. Why do you think you see so many people convert from atheism to religion during or after extremely low points in their life? Because religions gave them stability and support that they may not have had from anywhere else. Educate yourself and stop being such a judgemental keyboard warrior. Kindness is a virtue.
If there was a god there should be NO children’s hospitals.
SunShine all the things u just said where pretty judgmental..
Even if it was put somewhere high kids will still find a way to get it if they want something bad enough.
That’s why you _watch your fucking kids god dammit_
Some good additions to that would be locking up dangerous things and teaching them what to stay away from and why when they’re old enough to understand.
CHILD PROOF LOCKS
@Aidan Hancock Yeah, what you said.
@Lizzy the goddess …. not how biology works, you start with small muscle mass then it grows. But adrenaline works wonders for strength.
Yup my 4 yo climbs cabinets! We try to close everything super tight and tell her not to go in certain cabinets, I just pray I never go through this
Lord have mercy. That child has been suffering for 10 years and has gone through 51 surgeries. I have no words.
Feel so sad and sorry for the Mom, accidents happen all the time and this WASN’T her fault! Being a parent is not easy and we ALWAYS try and do our best! You’re brave and strong Mom and your Son is lucky to have you! Blessings to all of you! ?
Bree Topkuschi I am a mother and fully understand my child wellbeing is fully my responsibility. I make sure to think ahead so THIS doesn’t happen. A mistake is a fall not drinking poison. That’s a failure from her part and own that changed his life for the worst. Simpe
Bro it isn’t that hard to understand. You will be a mom you baby proof the house !! You expect the worst and are ready! All poisons chemicals go high above the ground Locked away. Make sure the child can’t climb up too. It could have been avoided if they weren’t kept anywhere a small one year old could reach.
But really the mother had some blame for this
@Muff Diver “You remind me of my ex-wife: Every time she’d do something ungodly stupid she’d say sorry as if that would magically make everything un-broken” Like WTF??? Was she supposed to BEG for your forgiveness or something??? Because GOD FORBID that women make mistakes right? I’m glad she’s “ex-wife” now and by god I hope you never have children.
People think I’m weird when I smell my drink. Method to my madness.
@aniah rose im terrified the glass isn’t clean. If it smells of anything other than the drink im drinking, down the drain it goes!
i do the same thing. idky i’m always afraid of someone poisoning me. catching me off guard.
That’s actually clever to be honest
It’s not a bad idea honestly
DaniPlaysOnEasy – duck
I’d like to point out that Micheal is adorable
Bell Iron Fist he’s not tho
¿eres tonta? ¿arruinarlo por apuntar que murió?querías un cuento con final feliz? Bueno, el final para él llegó en medio de una familia que lo adoptó y quiso, se sitió feliz hasta el final.
Bell Iron Fist he passed away.
P e r s e p h o n e . A n n Why do you have to ruin it? Just agree and say yes he was cute.
god I hope he’s ok that must have been so painful for him and his family 🙁
Sadly he is no longer with us anymore. He had a fall & Passed away shortly after.
@Andrea Barnfather: You’re erroneously conflating “forgiveness” with forgetting, & denial. We cannot possibly hope to learn *ANYTHING* from this tragedy, by attributing it to some unavoidable freak “accident”, & pretending that the mother was blameless. The sooner that we acknowledge the root cause of this boy’s suffering, the sooner we can spare our own families from a similar fate. *God Bless.*
@Maestro of Amore I see you do not have forgiveness in your soul. May the Lord show you forgiveness. God bless.
@Andrea Barnfather: I see that you’re loathe to acknowledge reality, Poppet. You continue to exemplify the truism that “denial ain’t just a river in Egypt”. Fortunately, the law is clear, rendering “interpretations” entirely unnecessary. Don’t believe it? Try poisoning a baby in the States, and see how that goes for ya. *God Bless.*
I ate rat poison when I was 4. I’m 29 now but imagine being on a military base where doctors are on the phone with poison control because they never dealt with a case like mine. Pretty scary
@m square – You are the dumbfuck because you think you know everything. Not all “rat poisons” are the same. Incompetents moron unsuitable for any kind of work anywhere because you think you know everything.
Doctors regularly call poison control. They know everything about poison. They helped me when my dog ate a pill someone dropped. I asked if it was okay that it was only a dog but they were absolutely insistent that they will help anyone even an animal. God bless poison control.
The mom learnt a life long lesson, and for sure she will carry this guilt forever, just forgive her and hopefully the society will give more love and acceptance to the boy. More love than blaming is needed here.
@Gunner Jones Does not work on all toxins, i study poison ?
Although if you only just ingested it usal stabilizing treatment is activated charcoal for a quick thing, then stomach pump, then deal with what poison is aready digested , the quicker you can stop your body absorbing more poison, the better.
note: ACTIVATED charcoal, had a parent who kid drunk somthing midly poisonous, (at worse he would have been sick and been in agony, but low chance of death unless he somehow killed his kidneys, the parent proceeded to feed the kid charcoal from the bbq XD
@m squarei studied poison , and actually depends on the rat poison, some contain straight up arsenic, and some contain a sedative thay ODS the rat, some contain god knows what, plus if its a military base what might of happened is they do not have the drugs, might not of had much experience with rat poison, OR they treated him only for him to not respond to treatment. In most cases the procedure is to, stabilize, ask what was ingested, treatment, call poison controll (they have to keep records of all known toxins in products and the treatment). Hopefully the drugs keep the patient stable enough for you to ask control what treatment is for rat begone (cant think of a brand) incase he does not have a positive reaction to the treatment, if the parents was smart they bought the bottle, its why on the warning on bottles it says bring the bottle upon consumption to doctors. Otherwise ambulance back to house, find bottle while someone describes it and looks fir it on google side note
IF YOUR KID EATS SOMETHING, BRING THE BOTTLE, IT CAN BE THE DIFFRENCE BETWEEN GETTING THE RIGHT TREATMENT AND LIVING, OR DEATH.
Then you treat kid for what he took. So they could be following procedure, or he wasnt inproving.
My whole thing is why are their household cleaners that can do that? That’s insane. I see why people are turning to more natural cleaning products. I wouldn’t want something like that in my house.
@Kaththee1 for the paint, a smaller pot or jar would do the job i think just keep a eye on it if near children
@Kaththee1 i am british and i think the accident rate with chemicals is pretty evenly spread, but i would have to disagree most kids will know not to open a huge can stored in the garage and drink it, a small cup is more likely to be drunk, i think its unlikely unless your a bit clumsy to spill paint, and this doesn’t include the huge bleach bottles ect, a good general rule when using chemicals, is out of sight , store it somewhere locked most kids can open child locks an latches on cabinets so a actually locked closet or in the garage would be best, educate your kid if you have to drive the point home show them something like this, and never take it out of its original packaging into somthing misleading, if you really need to get a smaller amount, e.g industrial size or some large amount of chemical, buy a spill proof container thats clearly marked. It breaks my heart seeing kids and parents going through this, and stupifies me restrants are doing things like this.
@Aidan Hancock – It isn’t just “stupid” though. Real engineers work on about how to package things so that people handle dangerous compounds safely. Haven’t you ever had some nasty compound like say paint and you know it could spill and make a huge mess and be more dangerous. It is smelly. It is gross. So instead of bringing the entire can of paint into the house you pour it in a Dixie cup and bring it in the house to do a touch up? Children will be no more afraid of the big gallon size of that paint than the Dixie cup size so the parent feels like they can control the smaller amount better. But the Dixie cup looks like a drink of course. But the big paint can look interesting too.
For some reason Americans have less problems than the English with the lye fizzy soda stuff. It has to come down to packaging. The English aren’t stupider than Americans. They need smarter packaging.
You very likely already have products like that in your house, that is if you have laundry soap, toilet cleaning product or basically any of the multiple chemicals that everybody has at home..
@Kaththee1 thats incredibly stupid for houses, as the bottles are not that big and tend to have a measuring cup, but for industrial sized ones i get it, but put it in a LARGE, CLEARLY MARKED DANGEROUS bottle, like hazmat striped take all over it and labled ect and store far away from the food and ingredients
When I was two sneaky me stuck my finger in a paper shredder. My mom was right there, she had turned to grab more stuff to shred and I ran up and for some reason put my finger in it. I do not blame my mom. I was not near her when she turned. I ran over. You can’t shame a mom for some stuff happening to their children. Children are quick. Toddlers are quick. And they are smart. You can do everything in the world to keep your kids safe and something will still happen.
Did you lose your finger 🙁