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As the country celebrated National Trauma Survivors Day, gunshot survivors spoke out about the long, rough road to recovery. Shooting survivors are now as young as infants and toddlers.
Jacob Estrada is finally going home after he was critically injured in a Miramar crash that killed his pregnant mother Cristina Hernandez just days before.
Injuries caused by magnet ingestion skyrocketed across the country in the last 5 years, up more than 530%. Doctors in South Florida tell NBC 6 Responds they are.
Commonly used small batteries can be major risk to children
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HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – It’s that time of year when battery operated gifts will be on the top of many lists, but the type of battery that fuels the product can cause harm.
Toddler Uriah Clark is, like most kids his age, inquisitive and curious. But his mother never thought that would cause him harm.
“That was the most scariest experience a mother could go through, it was very hard,” she said, recalling what happened to her son in April.
Uriah suddenly started wheezing, but doctors said it was just his asthma and told his mother to give him the basic medications.