Lowe rushed her daughter into the shower, attempting to rinse out the chemicals. She also checked the detergent pod packaging, which advises to ‘immediately flush [eyes] with water… and seek medical advice.’
“I put her into the shower and looked at the back of the product, and it said to ‘seek medical advice,’ so I didn’t think it was going to cause much of an issue,” the mom explained.
“She was screaming and really upset.”
With Luca’s screams worsening, Lowe took her to the hospital, where she was then rushed into emergency surgery. Four attempts to flush her eyes had previously failed.
A second operation uncovered a defect in the little one’s eye. A third surgery consisted of an amniotic membrane transplant—a common ocular surface reconstruction method—to encourage healing. This type of treatment is often referenced in chemical burn treatment for children and vision restoration surgery.
Lowe added: “There was a point where they thought she’d need a fourth surgery because she wasn’t opening her eyes, but we managed to encourage her to open her eyes.”
