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Kasey Allen's son, Asa, accidentally swallowed a button battery in October 2023

Allen noticed something was wrong with Asa and rushed him to the hospital. It would be one of many trips they would take

Now, she's using her platform on TikTok to raise awareness of the dangers of swallowing button batteries

It was an ordinary day in October 2023 when Kasey Allen's world changed.

Allen tells PEOPLE that she was tidying up while her kids were playing just a short distance away. However, as she was finishing up her chores, she didn't notice her then-16-month-old son, Asa, swallow a button battery.

"Asa and my other two children were playing as I was picking up and cleaning in our RV," Allen recalls. "At some point, Asa grabbed the remote to the backup camera, which was mounted

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