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Topics: US News, Food and Drink
Gerrard Kaonga
A 1-year-old boy ended up needing surgery for serious burns he'd received after pulling an air fryer onto himself.
Ryder Flanagan, from Georgia, US ended up with some intense burns on his hands and face after he pulled the appliance off the kitchen counter.
According to his mother, Abigail Flanagan, the little boy pulled it 'as soon as it dinged'.
She later told The Daily Mail that it had not been located on the edge of the counter, but rather that he'd 'jerked the handle and the back of the air fryer basket is what hit his face'.
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"He has grown an inch since birth and is as big as a 2.5-year-old. I didn’t have a clue he could attempt to reach the handle." she said.
After Ryder burnt himself, she and his father, Blake, rushed him to Wellstar Cobb Burn Center. He underwent stem cell transplant surgery on Thursday (July 25) - which required the little boy to be put to sleep.
The procedure usually involves transferring stem cells from the blood or bone marrow of one person - usually a close relative - or it can be from the person themselves, according to the NHS.
And The National Library of Medicine states that stem cells have been found to help with wound regeneration.
Abigail said that all his damaged skin had been removed, and though he has since been released from the burns unit, he'll still need to receive treatment.
But despite the ordeal he'd experienced, Ryder is in good spirits, his mother said, adding that they don't expect him to go through anymore surgeries.
Abigail later posted a thank you to all those that had donated to the GoFundMe page, which was set up by a family friend to pay for 'any unprecedented costs', on July 20 and gave an update about her son’s condition.
She said: “I just want to say thank you to every single person that has prayed and donated. We pray God blesses each of you as much as we have been blessed.
“Everyone has took so much burden and worry off of us and it’s truly a miracle with everyone’s prayers that Ryder has only showed he was in pain when it first happened.
“You can tell he doesn’t feel just right but he has not been in distress. And as bad of shape I was in when this all happened I can tell you that the prayers for me God has answered.”
“Thank you everyone, family and friends and a lot of people we don’t know personally, we love you all so much.”
So far $4,050 has been raised - exceeding the initial $2,000 target.