Within seconds, Jodi’s home was filled with screams of agony – Luca had put the pod into her mouth and bitten it, causing it to explode and spatter concentrated detergent all over her face.
“She’s never had the urge to bite before. It’s very out of character for her. She helps me with the laundry a lot but doesn’t normally play with them,” Jodi said.
“By the time I’d turned around, she’d already bitten into it, and it went into her eyes,” explained the mom, who was still shaken by the memory of what happened. “They’re quite solid so when you pop them, they spray.”
‘Hysterical’
“Kids being kids she rubbed her eyes, which meant it went across both eyes,” Jodi said, explaining that Luca rubbed her face and spread the harsh chemicals into both eyes.
Immediately after the detergent made contact with her eyes, Luca was “hysterical.” Trying to ease her daughter’s pain with water, Jodi rushed her into the shower.
But the water wasn’t offering the child any relief.
“I put her into the shower and looked at the back of the product and it said to ‘seek medical advice’ so I didn’t think it was going to cause much of an issue. She was screaming and really upset. I noticed she wasn’t calming down, she was still hysterical. I called a poison line and asked for advice, and they told me to go to hospital.”
Three surgeries
At the hospital, doctors flushed her eyes – four times – but the chemical burns were too severe.
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