BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- A mother is sharing a warning after she says her daughter was stuck by a stray needle in Bloomington on Tuesday.
April Mobley says her 14-year-old daughter, Justice, was walking when she fell in the grass and was stuck by a needle.
"I am scared to death; they did testing last night on her. Obviously, nothing will show up immediately. I have to take her back in a month to be re-tested," Mobley said.
Right now, it's all the questions she can't answer that has her worried. Like where did the needle come from?
"I don't know how to feel right now - that's my everything," Mobley said. "I keep praying to God. She is a strong girl; she really is, I know we got God on our side. It's just the scariest feeling ever."
Doctor Dan Handel with IU Health's Bloomington hospital says the risk associated with getting stuck by a dirty needle vary and depend mostly on the source.
"Depending on what the needle was used for, that's always the first thing to figure out," Dr. Handel said. "If it's a known family member or a needle you find out there. There are things like Hepatitis C, HIV, other blood-borne illnesses that you can get from a needle stick. It's really important for people that don't know whether the needle is clean or dirty to seek medical attention immediately."
Mobley says her current goal is to make sure her daughter is okay and to get the message out to other parents to be careful because something like this could happen to their child too.
"There are several places throughout Bloomington you see it; it's circumstances like this," Mobley said. "What happens if another kid doesn't know what to do, picks it up, does God knows with it? It's disgusting."
Dr. Handel says it's important for people who may have diabetes or other diseases that require the use of needles to safely dispose of them, so they don't put other people at risk.
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