An Omaha mother is warning other parents about the dangers of fake tongue rings, a growing trend for kids at school.
One 12-year old ended up in the hospital after she swallowed a magnetic tongue ring. Danica Canaday tells 6 News she was shocked when her daughter Olivia told her what happened at school.
"The kids were putting them on their tongue and pretending they were tongue rings," Canaday says.
Olivia had accidentally swallowed her magnetic piercing. After a few days she got a fever and was taken to the hospital. "The nurse told me she was the third one this week of her age group that swallowed magnets pretending to do those tongue rings," Canaday says.
Olivia went into surgery at Children's hospital. She did get a small tear in her intestine, but that will heal on it's own. Canaday hopes parents will be extra cautious.
"I don't want another parent to go through this...talk to your kids say this is not something that you should be doing ,they should know better."
(Photo: 6 News)