4-year-old girl from Florida almost died taking a sip of water from the pool
'29.04.2018'
Source: New York Post
Elianna Grace from Sarasota was on the verge of life and death after she swallowed water in the pool as a result of an accident.
Now the child receives oxygen therapy in a hospital in the city, tells New York Post. What happened?
The girl's mother, Lacey Grace, wrote on social networks that her daughter played in the “paddling pool” with a soft snorkel for swimming, “as many children do every day,” the girl was blowing into the tube from one end, and from the other into this time the water flew out. By chance, one of the divers created a wave, and water poured into the tube from the back just at the moment when the girl was blowing into it. Everything happened instantly.
As my mother said, the water “shot” right into Elianna's throat. The four-year-old was immediately taken out of the pool and helped to clear his throat. The baby did not complain about anything, and the family managed to forget about the incident. However, two days later the girl developed a fever. At first, no one attached any importance to this - children sometimes get sick. But soon Elianna became so ill that she had to be taken to the hospital. The girl was in intensive care.
Doctors diagnosed aspiration pneumonia, which means that there was a so-called dry drowning - a situation in which water enters the lungs of a person and remains inside for several hours or days without announcing itself. The victim may feel good and show no signs of illness. But after some time, his condition deteriorates sharply, including death.
Elianna is now being treated with antibiotics, which should cleanse the lungs of chemical residues from the pool, and also receive oxygen. The girl's mother warns parents that in such a situation it is necessary to consult a doctor in any case, even if the child feels well.
Cases of dry drowning are not rare, and it is important to know about them. For example, last summer a four-year-old boy from Texas died of dry drowning almost a week after his family bathed in Texas City Dike in Texas City. After reading this in the media, a resident of Fort Collins, Colorado, Garon Vega was able to recognize dry drowning symptoms from his son before they became irreversible and deadly. Be attentive and alert!
