Mackenzi started her year off with strep throat that even after antibiotics never seemed to get her voice fully recovered. Then in the beginning of February she sounded like she might be getting bronchitis, over night her breathing took a drastic turn and mom rushed her to urgent care thinking she developed pneumonia. Much to everyone's surprise she appeared to have swallowed a quarter or button battery. We were then rushed to the children's hospital 50 miles away to extract the object since button batteries are a life or death situation. The first surgery was unsuccessful and they had to push the object into her stomach then have a second set of surgeons retrieve it from her stomach which was successful. That's when we discovered she did swallow a button battery and a penny stuck together. The penny actually blocked most of the damage from the button battery. She stayed intubated for a couple days to allow the swelling to go down. She is the youngest child of 7, ages ranging from 17 to 2. Mackenzi's safety blanket is her mom and we are trying to keep her as calm as possible so her esophagus fully heals. Expected hospitalization time is estimated at 2 weeks at the minimum but more than likely 3 or 4 weeks. Dad returns to work this week to keep bills paid and avoid digging a hole we can't recover from. Needing help with medical expenses that isn't covered by insurance. (Including gas/food expenses)