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Parents Issue Grave Warning Over Microwave Error After 7-Year-Old Daughter Was Put In Coma With Horrific Injuries
An innocent seven-year-old girl who ‘copied’ a video she saw online ended up in a coma and with terrible burns.
According to her mother, Amanda Blakenship, Scarlett Selby wanted to attempt microwaving a NeeDoh cube after seeing videos on YouTube and TikTok of others doing it.
After allegedly witnessing others doing it, the young girl allegedly placed the toy in the freezer in October of last year and briefly microwaved it afterwards.
The toy exploded in the microwave, coating Scarlett’s face and chest with the red-hot goo inside the cube. Sadly, this planned fun didn’t work out as planned.
Josh Selby, Scarlett’s father, was appalled by the episode, as you may expect.
When he heard his daughter’s “blood-curdling scream,” he ran over to her and attempted to wash the sticky stuff off of her skin and clothing.
Detailing the ordeal, Josh, from Festus, Missouri, explained: “She’d frozen the NeeDoh cube the night before and the next day she showed me it was rock solid and was playing with it.”
“She stuck it in the microwave. I was watching her and saw her touch it to check it wasn’t too hot when she pulled it out.”
Everything happened so fast. It was like hearing a blood-curdling scream when I heard her. It had exploded across her mouth, chin, and chest.
“It all happened so quickly. I heard her scream and it was like a blood-curdling scream. It had exploded all over her chest, mouth and chin.”
The dad added: “My first thought was to try and wipe it off her. Whenever I touched her, my hand stuck to her. It was really thick and sticky.”
“I ripped her shirt off of her because it was stuck to her shirt as well. I took her as quickly as I could to the hospital.”
Following the incident, the schoolgirl was sent to St. Louis Children’s Hospital, where medical professionals put her into an induced coma in the hopes that it would stop her airways from constricting and swelling.
Mum Amanda said: “She was still screaming when we got to the hospital and it’s a good 30-minute drive from where we live. It was terrible how scared she was and how much that hurt her.”
“I was panicked, devastated, terrified and heartbroken.”
While Scarlett’s father admitted: “I was a complete mess. She spent a week in the hospital and for three days of that she was in the coma. I don’t think I could speak to anybody without crying the entire time.”
Scarlett had second and third degree burns as a result of the incident’s severity. Months have passed after the incident, and the family is still waiting to hear back regarding whether the youngster will require skin grafts.
Amanda said: “The scarring is just so bad. We’re still putting creams and silicon ointments on it daily – they’re such profound scars that stick up off of her skin.”
“She does get upset about it sometimes. I’ll catch her looking in the mirror after the bath and she’ll just cry.”
“She gets very self conscious and I’ll see her trying to cover her scar up with her shirt when we’re out in public sometimes, or she’ll come home from school and say another kid asked her about it.”
“I tell her she doesn’t need to be embarrassed about it. She went through a lot and it was a terrible, terrible accident.”
“She came out of it and she’s so strong. She’s still beautiful and those scars make her who she is.”
In the wake of the occurrence, Scarlett’s parents are educating people about the possible risks associated with these toys and urging them to be thrown away in case the same thing occurs again.
On its website, Schylling Toys, the toy’s producer, posts a warning: “Do NOT heat, freeze, or microwave, may cause personal injury.”
According to TikTok, anything that depicts or encourages risky behavior is not permitted. YouTube stated that it is a “13+ platform” and that user safety is its “utmost priority.” It also stated that it “vigorously removes this type of content.”
Schylling told LADbible Group: “Ensuring the safety of our consumers is fundamental for Schylling. We were disappointed to see there had been a trend on social media demonstrating product misuse of our NeeDoh® brand.”
“Misusing a NeeDoh product by microwaving, heating, or freezing is dangerous and may cause injury. Schylling has partnered with social media companies, such as TikTok, to remove influential content containing NeeDoh product misuse.”
“Additionally, Schylling has added a product warning to NeeDoh packaging and our website to help combat product misuse.”
“Schylling has made the Consumer Product Safety Commission aware and will continue to cooperate with them.”
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