Real Fix Magazine
  • Home
  • Podcast
  • Videos
  • Relationships
  • Bizarre
  • Crime
  • Health
  • Inspiration
  • Love This
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Podcast
  • Videos
  • Relationships
  • Bizarre
  • Crime
  • Health
  • Inspiration
  • Love This
No Result
View All Result
Real Fix Magazine
No Result
View All Result

Schoolboy nearly died after inhaling Lego brick into his lung

RealFix by RealFix
January 22, 2016
in Health
0
Schoolboy nearly died after inhaling Lego brick into his lung

Keane Halls in hospital with the lego brick which he inhaled. See SWNS story SWLEGO; A schoolboy nearly died after he inhaled a Lego brick into his LUNG - but survived thanks to a tiny hole in the toy which he could breathe through. Keane Halls, eight, was trying to split apart two pieces with his teeth when he was playing with his toys while his mum helped his little brother. But one tiny 3cm-long cone-shaped piece shot down his throat, leaving him gasping for air and shouting for help. His horrified mum Laura, 31, thumped him on the back but when she couldn't dislodge the toy she called 999.

406
SHARES
414
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on TwitterWhatsapp

A schoolboy nearly died after he inhaled a Lego brick into his LUNG – but survived thanks to a tiny hole in the toy which he could breathe through.

Keane Halls, eight, was trying to split apart two pieces with his teeth when he was playing with his toys while his mum helped his little brother.

But one tiny 3cm-long cone-shaped piece shot down his throat, leaving him gasping for air and shouting for help.

His horrified mum Laura, 31, thumped him on the back but when she couldn’t dislodge the toy she called 999.

Keane Halls in hospital with the lego brick which he inhaled. See SWNS story SWLEGO; A schoolboy nearly died after he inhaled a Lego brick into his LUNG - but survived thanks to a tiny hole in the toy which he could breathe through. Keane Halls, eight, was trying to split apart two pieces with his teeth when he was playing with his toys while his mum helped his little brother. But one tiny 3cm-long cone-shaped piece shot down his throat, leaving him gasping for air and shouting for help. His horrified mum Laura, 31, thumped him on the back but when she couldn't dislodge the toy she called 999.
Keane with the Lego brick which he inhaled

Keane Halls in hospital with the lego brick which he inhaled. See SWNS story SWLEGO; A schoolboy nearly died after he inhaled a Lego brick into his LUNG - but survived thanks to a tiny hole in the toy which he could breathe through. Keane Halls, eight, was trying to split apart two pieces with his teeth when he was playing with his toys while his mum helped his little brother. But one tiny 3cm-long cone-shaped piece shot down his throat, leaving him gasping for air and shouting for help. His horrified mum Laura, 31, thumped him on the back but when she couldn't dislodge the toy she called 999.

Keane was rushed to hospital and an X-ray revealed the blockage was inches down his right bronchus – the tube leading from his main windpipe to his right lung.

Thankfully, the unusual Lego brick had a tiny hole in the middle, allowing life-saving air to get into his lungs, but not out, causing his chest to swell up.

Mum-of-four Laura, from Oxford, said: “He had been sent upstairs because he wanted to play on the Xbox, but I was just sorting out his little brother.

“I told him to go up and by the time he had made his bed, I would be done.

“I heard him thrashing about upstairs, and saying ‘I can’t breathe, I can’t breathe’.”

“I told him to stop messing about, before I realised he was choking.”

“He had separated the blocks with his teeth and breathed one in.

“The colour drained from his face. By the time the ambulance got here his colour had come back, but he was wheezing.”

Brave Keane was taken to John Radcliffe Hospital, where nurses heard a “rattle” in his chest.

He had hour-long emergency surgery under general anaesthetic to remove the brick – which he now has in a tiny jar.

Keane Halls in hospital with the lego brick which he inhaled. See SWNS story SWLEGO; A schoolboy nearly died after he inhaled a Lego brick into his LUNG - but survived thanks to a tiny hole in the toy which he could breathe through. Keane Halls, eight, was trying to split apart two pieces with his teeth when he was playing with his toys while his mum helped his little brother. But one tiny 3cm-long cone-shaped piece shot down his throat, leaving him gasping for air and shouting for help. His horrified mum Laura, 31, thumped him on the back but when she couldn't dislodge the toy she called 999.

Keane Halls and his mum Laura with the lego brick which Keane inhaled. See SWNS story SWLEGO; A schoolboy nearly died after he inhaled a Lego brick into his LUNG - but survived thanks to a tiny hole in the toy which he could breathe through. Keane Halls, eight, was trying to split apart two pieces with his teeth when he was playing with his toys while his mum helped his little brother. But one tiny 3cm-long cone-shaped piece shot down his throat, leaving him gasping for air and shouting for help. His horrified mum Laura, 31, thumped him on the back but when she couldn't dislodge the toy she called 999.
Keane and his mum Laura

He came home after an overnight stay in hospital, and in now wary about playing with Lego.

“He said he is a bit frightened now,” said Laura, who lives with husband Dave, 34, a civil servant.

She posted a warning about the dangers of the tiny toys on Facebook, which was shared or viewed more than 4,000 times.

Full time mum Laura is now calling on the toy makers to make sure every Lego brick has a tiny hole.

“I don’t blame Lego, but I do think all pieces should have a little hole in, because that’s what saved my son’s life.

“The hole in it made the difference between life and death.”

Keane Halls in hospital with the lego brick which he inhaled. See SWNS story SWLEGO; A schoolboy nearly died after he inhaled a Lego brick into his LUNG - but survived thanks to a tiny hole in the toy which he could breathe through. Keane Halls, eight, was trying to split apart two pieces with his teeth when he was playing with his toys while his mum helped his little brother. But one tiny 3cm-long cone-shaped piece shot down his throat, leaving him gasping for air and shouting for help. His horrified mum Laura, 31, thumped him on the back but when she couldn't dislodge the toy she called 999.

Previous Post

Vet and his assistant are found guilty of horrific animal neglect

Next Post

Dog found abandoned with a tumour the size of a football

RealFix

RealFix

Real Fix is a completely free true-life magazine. Check out our Facebook page for more videos and clips, or download our New Real-Fix Podcast for astonishing interviews with some of the real people behind our amazing stories.

Next Post
Dog found abandoned with a tumour the size of a football

Dog found abandoned with a tumour the size of a football

You Must See

Dog walks two miles, goes into strangers home then gets in bed for a snuggle

Dog walks two miles, goes into strangers home then gets in bed for a snuggle

May 17, 2022
83-year-old woman completes THIRD Tough Mudder endurance race

83-year-old woman completes THIRD Tough Mudder endurance race

May 16, 2022
Mum with rare spine condition to undergo potentially life-saving surgery thanks to a stranger’s £130,000 donation

Mum with rare spine condition to undergo potentially life-saving surgery thanks to a stranger’s £130,000 donation

May 16, 2022
BBQ fan awarded the accolade of Britain’s best burger – says the secret is beer-flavoured cheese

BBQ fan awarded the accolade of Britain’s best burger – says the secret is beer-flavoured cheese

May 16, 2022
Volunteers transform 5,000-year-old oak tree into incredible 50-seater ‘table for the nation’

Volunteers transform 5,000-year-old oak tree into incredible 50-seater ‘table for the nation’

May 16, 2022
Terminally ill man set to marry childhood sweetheart after family & friends raise more than £5,000 for the couple

Terminally ill man set to marry childhood sweetheart after family & friends raise more than £5,000 for the couple

May 16, 2022
  • Home
  • Podcast
  • Videos
  • Relationships
  • Bizarre
  • Crime
  • Health
  • Inspiration
  • Love This

Real Fix is a trading style of South West News Service Limited.
Copyright © 2022 South West News Service Limited.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Podcast
  • Videos
  • Relationships
  • Bizarre
  • Crime
  • Health
  • Inspiration
  • Love This

Real Fix is a trading style of South West News Service Limited.
Copyright © 2022 South West News Service Limited.