Grieving mother helps make changes to button batteries that may save young lives
- Posted on June 3, 2026
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Grieving mother helps make changes to button batteries that may save young lives
Pediatric emergency room doctors in Chicago say they treat patients who’ve swallowed button batteries every week — a situation that can be life threatening. It’s something Trista Hamsmith knows all too well. Her toddler, Reese, swallowed a button battery when she was 16 months old. At first, the doctors treating Reese thought she had croup, Hamsmith recalled. The next day, she realized a remote control in her home was missing a battery. That’s...
