Sen. Bob Casey to introduce legislation to ban water beads in Pennsylvania
"When we first got there, they thought she had gastroenteritis, was just really sick," her mother, Whitney Reese, said.
That's when Reese thought about an obstruction. But when repeat X-rays showed nothing, she remembered throwing out her older son's water beads months ago.
On Friday, Sen. Bob Casey will introduce legislation to ban water beads in Pennsylvania.
"This is the one thing that has just proven time and time again that it doesn't matter how careful you are,
It was never played without supervision, but all it takes is one little, tiny one of those water beats to get out and then they dry up to where you'll never find them."
Casey's bill is named after a little girl named Esther who, like Harper, swallowed a stray water bead that her older sibling had played with months earlier
Fighting for her life at just 1 year old, Harper's sickness and symptoms stumped doctors.
Doctors found two swollen water beads blocking Harper's intestines.