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Toddler Recovering From Surgery After Swallowing Screwdriver

ALAMOSA, Colo. (CBS4)- A little girl just shy of two years old is recovering from surgery to remove a screwdriver that she had swallowed.

Sheila Martinez is hospitalized at the San Luis Valley Regional Medical Center in Alamosa. The surgery to remove the device took about an hour.

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Sheila Martinez (credit: CBS)

An X-ray clearly shows a three and a half inch eyeglass screwdriver in her large intestine.

Her family says she is doing well but they have no idea how she got her hands on the screwdriver.

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Martinez Family (credit: CBS)
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