{"id":7488,"date":"2019-06-14T13:09:31","date_gmt":"2019-06-14T13:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cmshub.wpengine.com\/?p=250317"},"modified":"2024-11-03T15:17:11","modified_gmt":"2024-11-03T15:17:11","slug":"girl-whose-insides-were-sucked-from-her-body-while-sitting-on-pool-suction-defies-medical-odds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/girl-whose-insides-were-sucked-from-her-body-while-sitting-on-pool-suction-defies-medical-odds\/","title":{"rendered":"Girl Whose Insides Were Sucked From Her Body While Sitting On Pool Suction Defies Medical Odds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span itemprop=\"articleBody\">While on vacation with her family in Egypt, 5-year-old Salma Bashir accidentally sat on the pool\u2019s main suction valve.<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\">In mere seconds, the little girl found herself helpless against the suction\u2019s force. She screamed for help, but not even the lifeguard could rescue her in time.<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\">Salma was wearing a red bathing suit, so when she was finally pulled from the pool her mother thought she saw pieces of the red garment on the concrete. Then she realized the horrifying and surreal truth \u2014 that the suction literally pulled Salma\u2019s small intestines out of her body.<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\">Tragically, this happens more than you may think.<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\">For example, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/story\/girl-whose-intestines-were-partially-sucked-out-by-swimming-pool-drain-dies\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Fox News<\/a> reported that in 2008, a 6-year-old girl from Minneapolis sat on a wading pool drain and its suction ripped out part of her intestinal tract. She underwent transplant surgery but ultimately died from complications. Her injuries led to federal legislation to ensure better pool safety.<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-250742\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.thebreastcancersite.greatergood.com\/lt-salma-pool-suction\/\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"627\" class=\"size-large wp-image-250742 lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/pool-1-1200x627.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/pool-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/pool-1-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/pool-1-600x314.jpg 600w, https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/pool-1-768x401.jpg 768w, https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/pool-1-1000x523.jpg 1000w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width:1600px) 992px, (min-width:1200px) 768px, (min-width:518px) 480px, (min-width:325px) 320px, 300px\"\/><\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\">Photo: YouTube\/Barcroft TV<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\">Doctors prepared Salma\u2019s family for the worst and gave her just weeks to live. Determined to give her the best fighting chance, her family uprooted their lives and moved to Pennsylvania for lifesaving treatment. After raising $300,000 and waiting for nearly two years, Salma underwent a small intestine transplant, but her body rejected it.<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\">Six months later, the transplant was removed \u2014 in addition to her large intestines and gall bladder.<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\">Despite the doctors\u2019 bleak diagnosis, Salma survived and is now a talkative, upbeat, and kindhearted 16-year-old. As you\u2019re about to see, her day-to-day life is anything but easy, but her spirit is as strong as ever.<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\">Watch the video to learn more about this amazing young lady!<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\"><span class=\"empty\">Proper BCS greatergood_ctg_abovevideo<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.thebreastcancersite.greatergood.com\/lt-salma-pool-suction\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While on vacation with her family in Egypt, 5-year-old Salma Bashir accidentally sat on the pool\u2019s main suction valve.In mere seconds, the little girl found herself helpless against the suction\u2019s force. She screamed for help, but not even the lifeguard could rescue her in time.Salma was wearing a red bathing suit, so when she was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7489,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5137],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7488"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45776,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7488\/revisions\/45776"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}