BRADENTON, Fla. (WTXL) - Kids swallow pool water all the time, but a Bradenton, Florida, mom is warning other parents on just how dangerous that can be.
Elianna Grace, 4, was just having some weekend fun with a pool noodle when someone sprayed water forcefully down her mouth.
Her mom says innocent fun got really dangerous when days later she got a serious lung infection after swallowing a large amount of pool water.
"She started shaking real bad, her skin was purple, her heart was racing, her oxygen level was dropping," said Lacey Grace, Elianna's mother. "They did a quick chest x-ray right away said yeah, her lungs are swollen, they're infected, inflammation, she needs days worth of treatment."
After four terrifying days in the hospital, little Elianna is recovering and will be okay.
Her mom is warning other parents, saying you know your kid better than anybody else.
