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Metro
10 hours ago
- Health
- Metro
Boy, 2, fighting for his life after being stung by wasps 150 times
A toddler who was riding his toy car and hit a wasps nest was stung more than 150 times and is fighting for his life. Two-year-old Beckham Reed, who was born with one kidney, suffered the 'horrific accident' while playing in his backyard in Georgia. 'He was on his electric toy side by side riding around his property with his cousins,' states a GoFundMe page to support him and his family. 'He hit a yellow jackets nest and was swarmed head to toe.' His parents rushed him to a hospital, where he was given morphine and Benadryl and sent home after finding him appearing to breathe normally. But less than 24 hours later, Beckham started turning yellow and his parents rushed him to the emergency room at Southeast Georgia Health System in Brunswick. Doctors there recognized that Beckham was having multi-organ failure, including his kidney, heart and liver, and transferred him to an intensive care unit at Memorial Savannah, where he was put on dialysis, ventilator support and given IV medications to filter out toxins. 'Due to his age and size and the amount of stings he had, his little body was unable to handle the amount of toxins in his body,' states the fundraising page. More Trending 'His body is responding to the support and we continue to pray that his labs and organs improve.' It added that Beckham's medical experience was not common. 'There is no antivenom for yellow jackets so all they can do is support his body while the toxins work their way out,' the page states. The GoFundMe page had raised more than $36,000 as of Friday evening. Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@ For more stories like this, check our news page. MORE: Over 80 sickly dogs rescued after woman found dead in her home MORE: Trump warns it 'will only get worse' for Iran as he lays into 'so-called' Supreme Leader MORE: What the US Supreme Court ruling means for Donald Trump's birthright citizenship plan
Daily Mail
13 hours ago
- Health
- Daily Mail
Horror as toddler missing a kidney is stung 150 times by wasps and is left fighting for his life
A two-year-old boy who is missing a kidney was stung 150 times by wasps and is now fighting for his life in a Georgia hospital. Beckham Reed was playing with his cousins on an electric toy when he hit a nest of yellow jackets, which 'swarmed him head to toe,' a GoFundMe revealed. His parents Mariah and Peyton rushed the little Beckham to the hospital, where he was given morphine and Benadryl and sent home. 'They said his breathing was okay so they didn't need to keep him,' GoFundMe organizer Tiffany Hewatt wrote on the fundraising page. Not even a day later, Beckham was rushed to a different ER after he turned yellow and was diagnosed with multiple organ failure, which affected his heart, liver, and remaining kidney. He was admitted to the ICU at Memorial Savannah Hospital and treated with dialysis, a ventilator, and IV medications to flush out the toxins from the stings. 'Due to his age and size and the amount of stings he had, his little body was unable to handle the amount of toxins in his body,' Hewatt said. On Wednesday, the little boy's hemoglobin tested at 6.8, which is significantly low and can be life-threatening. He received more blood, which the family expected after he underwent dialysis. Hemoglobin transports oxygen in the blood from the lungs to the rest of the body and carries carbon dioxide back to the lungs to be exhaled. Beckham is also being fed via a tube and was recently taken off blood pressure medication. 'We know the dialysis and sedating meds are causing the BP drop. Beckham is waking up more and we know this is good news because he is STRONG and a great kicker,' she said. 'However, we don't want him pulling the vent or other lines so they have to keep adjusting his sedating meds.' Beckham has been slowly improving, but doctors are still trying to get him regulated and he continues to stay on the ventilator. The family is worried his only working kidney won't work, but they won't find out if it will until he comes off dialysis. Beckham is showing signs of infection. Beckham could come off dialysis as early as tomorrow, Hewatt said, but doctors are currently holding off due to worries the two-year-old will pull on his dialysis line. The family started the GoFundMe to help with medical bills.
The Independent
2 days ago
- Health
- The Independent
Georgia toddler left fighting for life after being stung by yellow jackets over 150 times and suffering organ failure
A Georgia toddler was fighting for his life after getting stung over 150 times by yellow jackets – sending him to the emergency room with multiple organs failing. Two-year-old Beckham Reed was riding an electric side-by-side toy car with his cousins when he hit a yellow jacket nest, according to WJXT and a GoFundMe for his family. The boy was swarmed by the wasps and stung over 150 times. When his parents brought him to the emergency room, he was given morphine and Benadryl and sent home, the fundraiser said. Little Beckham's condition took a turn for the worse less than 24 hours later, when his skin turned yellow, prompting his parents to rush him back to the hospital. Doctors told the family the toddler, who was born with one working kidney, was suffering from multi-organ failure affecting his heart, liver and kidney, according to the fundraiser. Beckham was then transferred to the ICU at Memorial Savannah and put on dialysis, a ventilator and given life-saving IV medications. Due to his age and size – and the sheer amount of stings he sustained – Beckham's body was unable to handle the amount of toxins it was exposed to, the fundraiser said. 'We ask God for healing and patience as the physicians say this will be a slow process. This is not a medical experience that is common,' the GoFundMe said. 'There is no antivenom for yellow jackets so all they can do is support his body while the toxins work their way out. Peyton [his father] is not able to work while they are with Beckham.' Beckham's kidney and liver numbers were starting to improve by Wednesday, according to an update to the fundraiser. 'Beckham is waking up more and we know this is good news because he is STRONG and a great kicker,' the GoFundMe said. 'We know Beckham is a fighter and he is fighting to get better.'
