A tiny button battery almost took our sweet son's life. A battery found in many household items and easily accessible inside almost every home. We were completely ignorant to the danger lurking so close to our small sons. This shiny bite-sized button battery, is as poisonous as putting drain cleaner in you Toddlers favorite sippy cup. With proper education, we could have avoided this terrible accident that has changed our lives forever. Please educate yourself along with your friends and loved ones about what could happen if your Toddler puts one of these "button batteries" into their mouth. Medically speaking our boy Emmett, shouldn't have lived through this deadly trauma. He is a walking Miracle. The ingestion of Button Batteries has become an epidemic among families across America. "Every year in the United States, more than 3,500 people of all ages swallow miniature disc or “button batteries", stated by the National Capital Poison Center.

Emmett, our 12 month old son, found and swallowed a battery that had inadvertently fallen out of the remote control for our DVD player. He has had 4 inches of his Esophagus removed and the acid from the battery caused perforations to his esophagus and trachea. He has also had multiple cases of collapsed lung and has endured 19 surgeries, has been under general anesthetic 20 times so far and he has had close to 200 X-rays. He has been hospitalized in the Pediatric ICU on and off for a total of 7 months. Emmett is undergoing therapies, and he has many more scary "unknowns" to come.

Our Emmett has miraculously survived this HORRIFIC accident. We feel as his parents our mission is to create awareness of the extreme dangers of Button Batteries. They are so prevalent in our daily lives, they are found in: musical greeting cards, remote controls, digital scales, calculators, watches, hearing aides, thermometers and much, much more. To read Emmett's full story and see how he is doing now; click on Emmett's Survival Story.