TikTok trend leaves boy, 11, fighting for life after swallowing magnets
dailystar.co.ukTikTok trend has left an 11-year-old boy fighting for his life after swallowing magnets.After Ellis Tripp complained of feeling poorly, medics found five tiny magnetic balls in his intestines and bowel.The lad, who remains in a critical condition, was rushed into theatre on Wednesday after a week of suffering what doctors thought might have been a burst appendix.Instead they were shocked to discover his appendix was healthy but a magnet attached to their operating tools while they probed the cause of his pain.He was rushed to Birmingham Children's hospital on Friday where he underwent surgery to have three of the "Magneto Balls" removed.He endured another gruelling six-hour operation on Saturday when surgeons had to take out five inches of.
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