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All stories on this page were obtained from public news or video platforms, as shared by the patients/families involved. 

Reese's Story

Reese swallowed a button battery in October 2020. Initially, she was diagnosed with croup. She was eventually brought to the hospital where she endured countless surgeries and scopes and was intubated under sedation for 40 days. Reese lost her fight on December 17, 2020, at just 18 months old. 


Her family has started "Reese's Purpose" in her name, and through her story, has passed Reese's Law, which requires child-resistant closures and warning labels on products that use button batteries.

Reese's Purpose

Reese's Purpose, started by Reese's family, is an organization that aims to advocate to protect children from hidden dangers and threats to their safety.

Their primary focus is to raise awareness of the dangers of button batteries and to advocate for legislative action to prevent other families from suffering – either with lifelong health issues or the death of a beloved child – due to accidental button battery ingestion. 


Click below to visit their website, learn more about their initiatives and "Reese's Law"

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Amélie's Story

The story of an 18-month-old girl with severe complications following button battery ingestion

Leslie Bangamba was having a relatively normal day on April 9, 2020, when her daughter Amélie suddenly went into severe medical distress at their central Alberta home. Then 18-month-old Amélie, had ingested a button battery and would ultimately find herself on the brink of death. 

Watch "Amélie's Second Chance" to learn about Amélie's journey, the complications she suffered from due to her button battery ingestion, and the incredible actions from her family, community and physician's that enabled her to get through it. 

I am well aware of the dangers of batteries and that they are a choking hazard, but what’s extremely traumatizing in our daughter’s situation is that she never choked.

Amélie's Mother

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Luke's Story

Days after Luke's first birthday, he had a fever. He was given antibiotics for a presumed ear infection which didn't help.  


After five weeks of looking into the problem, doctors ran x-rays that showed a circular object lodged into Luke’s esophagus. He was rushed into surgery.  


Luke wasn’t showing severe symptoms due to the battery being wrapped in tape on one side and a plastic film on the other, which likely reduced contact with tissue.


Luke survived, and has shared his story to help others.

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Akai's Story

Four-year-old Akai swallowed a button battery from an L.E.D. candle that his mother had purchased in an attempt to be safer by not having real flames in her house. He was immediately crying and in pain, and transferred to the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Ontario. He underwent immediate surgery to remove the button battery, had a feeding tube inserted and was monitored in hospital for 10 days. 

He remains under surveillance. 

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Kingston's Story

Kingston, required surgery after he swallowed the multiple small button batteries when he was three years old.

Katie's Story

Katie got her button battery from a damaged barbie doll. 


“I knew that button batteries were not good for children to swallow,” she said. “I didn’t know all the details of why and I really, to be honest, didn’t realize they were still in toys because they were so dangerous.”

 - Katie's Mom

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