2 Investigators: Children Injured By Wire Hampers

November 14, 2012 10:01 PM " (CBS) — Collecting your laundry in a hamper shouldn’t be a life-changing moment. Unfortunately, 2 Investigator Pam Zekman has discovered one type of hamper that is leaving children scarred for life.

Eleven-year-old Keon Reeves was putting his clothes in a pop-up laundry hamper when he says the end of the spring tension wire “popped out” and slashed his eyeball.

“I was just stunned,” said Angela Neal, who grabbed her son and rushed him to the hospital. Keon required surgeries to close the wound and repair the retinal damage.

““The kind of injury he had is devastating, and the chance of him having good vision in the end is unlikely,” says Dr. Iris Kassem, a pediatric opthalmologist at the University of Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary.

Doctors say Keon may not be able to drive, which is devastating to his mother.

“I just pray to God that I can see out the eye,” Keon says.

Dr. Kassem said his prayer might be answered with a new special contact lens.

In the meantime, Angela Neal has hired an attorney to sue for damages as a result of Keon’s injuries "

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