'we can't leave hospital, he can't breathe': mother's anguish after her eight-month-old son swallowed a tiny cell battery which burned his insides for three days before doctors discovered it - li ion battery cell

Amanda Hatch made a day trip to work on last December, the first time she left her 8-month-
Old son Devon is behind.
When she returned from Auckland, New Zealand to her hometown of Tauranga, collecting Devon from her family, she noticed that he was unstable and seemed to have a sore throat.
For three days, the doctor insisted that he had Mao Zhiyan, but MS, 37, did not believe it. three days later, when she took him to the hospital,
Ray revealed he had Lithium.
The ion battery is stuck in his throat.
Now, the 10-month-old Devon faces an uncertain future and a hospital intensive care unit for a few months, as MS Hatcher accepts the fact that he may never be there
"It looked very surreal at first, and I kept thinking," Did this really happen ? "
She told the Australian Daily Mail.
The more you know, the more you realize how bad things are.
Ms. Hatcher said after picking up Devon on the evening of December 15.
One Monday he began to breathe.
"The doctor thought he had Mao Zhiyan, and I did doubt at the time that the respite did not seem to come from his lungs, but almost in his throat," she said . ".
"By Wednesday night he didn't get better at all and I think the medicine should get him better.
"We got the asthma medication to open and relax his throat, but I couldn't do it, it was too disturbing for me and it became too painful for him to use the gasket.
Devon is still not getting better Thursday morning, so Hatcher MS took him to the emergency room at the hospital where he was given X-
Thunder in 20 minutesThe X-
Ray found the battery in his throat, and subsequent tests showed that the battery caused severe internal corrosion burns.
Acid, excretion, and moisture amplify the charge when they are in the body [of the battery]
Hatch said MS.
It increases the rate of corrosion, so the battery actually speeds up the process of tissue damage.
"While the battery is placed in his esophagus, it has actually corroded the tissue and created a hole in the esophagus that goes straight through his trachea.
In addition, the throat nerve-the nerve that controls his sound box-forms an abscess that goes straight through it.
'We can't get out of the hospital. he can't breathe. MS
It's been two months now, but we hope to stay here for a long time.
Devon has experienced three major surgeries and more than 30 minor surgeries.
He is restricted to the hospital bed and can only sit up from the bed when he is held by his family.
This is especially heartbreaking for MS Hatcher, who watched his son achieve all his milestones early last year.
"He was seeing them and blowing them away," she said . "
He is trying to stand up.
He started crawling six months later.
He is saying things like "Mom" and "Da.
His favorite is Da.
Ms. Hatcher is by her son's side every day and now lives at McDonald's in Auckland with her six childrenyear-old daughter.
She spent several years building her successful HR and employment law business, but had to get her clients to Devon.
With the disappearance of the main source of income, her sister has set up a fundraising page to help families pay for their lives and medical expenses.
But MS Hatcher says it's more important than raising money that she tells a story that conveys warnings of battery danger to other parents. 'I'm anally-
"Stay energetic, vacuum clean, and have more patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder," she said . ".
These things are very common in our home, from kitchen scales to small alarm clocks by the bed, car keys, digital remote controls for iPod docking stations.
"They look so gentle, that's how we treat them, but they're not very dangerous.
Hatcher said the battery injury could be fatal in a few hours.
"We don't always have eyes on the back of our head, so it can happen to anyone and you have to realize how dangerous they are," she said . ".
If our story shows a parent the danger and saves a family from the hell journey we 've been on, and the winding situation in Devon, and this pair.