WA, USA: Another boy nearly killed by ingesting a grill brush bristle

[Emily]

Spring is here and so are the dangers of using metal grill cleaning brushes.

http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2020948798_bristlebarbecuexml.html

Originally published May 8, 2013 at 7:35 PM | Page modified May 8, 2013 at 11:17 PM

By BRIAN M. ROSENTHAL

Seattle Times staff reporter

At first, Tristin Beck thought it was a really bad stomach cramp.

Then, when the aching turned to repeated vomiting late last week, the Mountlake Terrace 16-year-old thought it was a virus.

As the symptoms worsened, doctors at Seattle Children?s hospital ran ?about a million tests,? Beck?s mom said, searching for an explanation.

Finally, in a Sunday-night exploratory surgery, they found it:...

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