Derby button battery girl Kacie Barradell home after ordeal
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Ms Bell told the Derby Telegraph doctors informed her there was a 40% chance Kacie would die following
the discovery of the battery, which was later removed at Nottingham Children’s Hospital.
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The mother of a two-year-old girl who nearly died after swallowing a lithium button battery from a car key has said the ordeal “killed me inside”.
Ms Bell said: “It’s been hard, obviously I’ve had to stay by her side every single day, I’ve been getting three to four hours of sleep at night.
” she said that Don’t buy them at all; don’t let your kids play with your electronic car keys,
Kacie Barradell, from Pear Tree, Derby, had the battery removed in hospital, in February, after it had caused serious internal damage.
Speaking to the BBC, Ms Bell said: “It devastated me, it hurt, it killed me inside.
Cheryl Bell, 27, said Kacie, who has returned home, was lucky to survive.