One minute, 4-year-old Charlie was sipping a yogurt drink through a metal straw. The next, he was bleeding to death when it tore an artery in his neck after a simple fall.
Charlie’s injury was catastrophic, but no one knew what was happening at first. The straw never broke the skin so there was no external wound on his throat. The straw remained in the yogurt drink, offering no clues about what had just happened.
Charlie’s dad, who is an internal medicine doctor, jumped into life-saving mode. He, too, initially thought Charlie had bitten his tongue, but saw the situation was much more dire. The DeFraia family includes, from left to right, dad Charles, kids Charlie and Madison, and mom Crystal.On the way to Stony Brook University Hospital, the paramedics declared a pediatric code T — the highest level of trauma activation. Police shut down every road on the way there, allowing the ambulance to arrive at the hospital in 13 minutes, compared to 45 minutes in regular traffic.
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