two-year-old girl died within hours of swallowing a button battery believed to be from a remote control. Harper-Lee Farnthorpe was taken to Royal Stoke University Hospital after her older sister found her vomiting blood.
The child lost half of the blood in her body as medics gave her nine units of blood - up to two litres - before she was taken in for surgery, Liverpool Echo reported.
Harper-Lee's mum Stacey Niklin told how she rushed home to find medics treating her daughter.At an inquest into Harper-Lee's death, a statement from Ms Niklin said: "Harper-Lee was into everything and developing well, there were no concerns for her.
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