3-Year-Old Acid-Burns Victim Returns to Hospital Wearing the Cape a Nurse Gave Him

3-Year-Old Acid-Burns Victim Returns to Hospital Wearing the Cape a Nurse Gave Him
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The nurse who cared for an 8-year-old boy as he fought for his life five years ago just couldn’t believe he remembered her, but he did—and had returned to the hospital to give thanks.

It was every parent’s nightmare. Their 3-year-old had somehow managed to open a bottle of caustic cleaning solution, and swallowed a mouthful. Dwyane “DJ” Pitts was admitted to Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta (CHOA) in 2013 after ingesting a small amount of the deadly liquid. The dose was enough to burn him from the mouth to the small intestine.