Kiara Stroud, mother of the child who accidentally choked the wireless earbud, shared in Twitter how the device landed in her son's stomach.
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AirPods were one of the most popular gifts this past Christmas. However, a supposedly beautiful gift landed one mother and her son in the hospital last week after the seven-year-old boy accidentally swallowed one of the AirPods.

In a report from Daily News, the mother of the boy, Kiara Stroud, posted an X-Ray result online of her son's stomach showing the wireless earbud lodged inside the boy's internal organs. This unusual accident reportedly happened while the boy was holding the device near his mouth. Stroud immediately rushed her son to Children's Healthcare where the boy was admitted.

Stroud posted on her Facebook along with a picture of the result of the X-ray, "I can't make this up. My child, my child and no more AirPods for this kid."

In a follow-up post, she wrote that they let her son know that everything is fine and to stay calm so that he will feel relaxed and the doctors can do their jobs well. She also added, "Today was one of the days we'll look back on, thank God that everything was okay and laugh at when he's older." 

When Stroud was asked to give details as to what happened and exactly how the child accidentally choked on the wireless earbud, she did not give too many comments.

In another interview, she said "He's like, 'I don't want to be near my phone. I don't want it to connect to my phone and start playing music.'" 

Meanwhile, the doctors who handled the boy told Stroud that the AirPod will come out naturally within the following days. This story is a good lesson not only for Kiara Stroud, but also to all parents who give small devices to their children.

Apple has previously warned that some of its devices and accessories may present a choking hazard. Parents are reminded that before giving anything to their children they have to first read the safety information included with the device. 

According to Dr. Sean McGann, he has never treated anyone who has swallowed an earbud, but foreign body ingestion is most common the pediatric medicine. McGann is an emergency physician in Philadelphia at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital.

Dr. Gary A. Smith, president of the Child Injury Alliance, also added that children swallow a wide variety of objects and the incident of Stroud's son is not surprising. He also said that most of the time, it's children below the age of three years that accidentally swallow foreign objects.

However, according to McGann the only dangers he sees in the swallowed AirPod is its battery, if the AirPod was swallowed with the batteries exposed it could harm the child, but if the batteries are enclosed with plastic there is probably nothing to worry about. 

"Typically if something makes its way into the stomach, it will pass. The esophagus is the more challenging passageway," said McGann.

According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, choking is the leading cause of death of children below three years old.