Doctors shock find after boy’s stomach ache, You won’t believe

A Utah boy is recovering from his third surgery
after he accidentally swallowed 14 magnets while hiding a fidget toy from his older brother
in his mouth. Mikah Arvidson, 6, was playing with his older
brother’s toy on Halloween when the incident occurred, but he didn’t think it was a big
deal, the Deseret News reported. His parents, Blake and Aubrey, thought it
was odd that their son didn’t want to go trick-or-treating, but figured he had caught a stomach bug. But in the next 24 hours, his symptoms progressed
to nausea, vomiting and increasing pain in his stomach. On Nov. 3, doctors at Primary Children’s Hospital
ran blood work and ordered an X-ray, which revealed 14 magnets clumped together in the
little boy’s intestines. He was immediately rushed in for emergency
surgery, where doctors removed the magnets and his appendix,
For the next 7 days Mikah was under the watchful eyes of doctors at Primary Children’s Medical
Center,” “They couldn’t understand why his fevers would
not break and his intestines would not ‘wake up’,
“Unfortunately, his bowels were still leaking bile which eventually led to a second life-saving
surgery”. On Tuesday, Mikah underwent his third procedure
to clean out an infection and drain fluids. According to Aubrey Arvidson’s Facebook post,
doctors are using an open wound approach to continue draining any sign of infection. Earlier this week, Mikah had a warning for
other kids about the danger of playing with magnetic toys. Fidget toys have been the subject of media
and consumer watchdog scrutiny before. The toys come in various shapes and sizes,
and have been deemed potential choking hazards for young children. Many schools issued bans on the toys, and
Germany destroyed 38 tons of the toys over safety concerns.