Chinese Toddler Survives After Stabbing Herself in the Throat With a Pencil
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By Carl Samson
A three-year-old girl in China miraculously survived after accidentally stabbing herself in the throat with a pencil.
Xiao Hua was rushed to Guangxi Minzu Hospital in Nanning, Daily Star reported. Thankfully, her home was very close to the hospital.
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With the pencil lodged on her neck, Xiao arrived at the hospital conscious with a little bleeding as the object remained firm. She was put under general anesthesia.
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Dr. Ban Zhengfeng, an ear, nose and throat specialist, said the bleeding could have been worse if Xiao’s parents tried to remove the pencil.
“The girl’s parents acted correctly,” he said.
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It appears the accident could have been prevented, after all. Xiao’s parents said she was drawing on her desk alone when she accidentally flipped the table, and in a grim turn of fate, impaled herself with the sharp tip of the pencil.
Xiao is currently recovering from the freaky accident.
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