Houston News Reports Chopstick Danger | Beijing Boy Saved After Serious Injury
Houston news sites reported this morning that a little boy in China suffered a severe chopstick injury.
It's a well known fact that kids love to see what will fit up their nose; for me it was a hotwheel tire. My mom tried a pussywillow (the little fuzzy end piece; that seemed far more logical than my tire experiment). But this little guy went with something far more dangerous; the chopstick actually went through his nasal passage up into his brain!
The life threatening mishap resulted in a serious infection that is now being treated at Bo Ai Hosptial in Beiging. According to the boy's mother, the toddler, Li Jingchao, age 14 months, was playing with the chopsticks in the family kitchen. Turned away by the small local hospitals that we not prepared with technology or equipment to safely remove the chopstick, Li's parents had to drive 10 hours north to Beijing to receive treatment for their little guy.
Fortunately, despite the neurosurgeons concern that removal of the chopstick could lead to internal hemorrhaging once removed, causing possible paralysis or even death, there was very little bleeding after doctors extracted the implement from Li's brain and the infection was his only serious side effect.
Apparently the doctors in Beijing were not surprised by Li's incident. They have extensive experience removing chopsticks from eyes, foreheads and necks. This is why we use forks and spoons; meal time becomes a lot less dangerous.
