Health Update: Toddler in Coma After Inhaling Decoration Dust from Bluey-Themed Cake

THE devastated family of a toddler who was plunged into a coma following a horrific baking accident has given well-wishers an update.

Parents of 14-month-old Dusty, who had to be put into an cake decorating powder, have said he is “a fighter”.

Dusty’s mum has given the public an update after he was rushed to hospital when he inhaled a cake decoration powder Credit: Jam Press/GoFundMe Pictured with his parents, Dusty inhaled gold powder dust while his mum was baking a birthday cake for a friend Credit: Jam Press/GoFundMe

Speaking out on Wednesday, Gold Coast mum and professional baker Katie Robinson revealed Dusty had been “fighting so hard”.

“The doctors are so happy with him this morning at how he’s pushing back, and he’s saying that he’s ready to have that tube taken out,” she said.

Katie had been baking a “Bluey” themed birthday cake for her friend’s young son when he inhaled “gold dust powder” which was part of the product.

Dusty had opened a drawer in the family kitchen when Katie was baking, when chaos unfolded.

Emergency services were called after Dusty became unresponsive Credit: Jam Press/GoFundMe Dusty has since been operated on to help him breathe properly again Credit: Jam Press/GoFundMe

He managed to pull the cap off the metallic dusting powder and in “a matter of seconds he was choking”.

The unopened tube had been filled with the metallic dust – used to decorate the cake, but it was not edible.

Katie said both she and her partner Chris were watching the toddler at the time, but he was too quick for either of them to grab him.

“Within minutes he was unresponsive,” she said.

Dusty was rushed to the Queensland Children’s Hospital, and placed into an induced coma.

Since then, Katie has revealed Dusty was slowly improving.

Doctors had seen improvements in the little boy’s , the concerned mum told Australian morning show, Today.

He had been immediately taken into surgery following the accident, where doctors cleared his lungs and he has since been scheduled for another surgery “to move his tube from his mouth to his nose and check his lungs again as he is not breathing on his own yet”.

Of the product, Katie said: “It contains metals that shouldn’t be ingested or inhaled.”

“There’s so many (cake decorating powders) that are edible,” she said.

“They say 100 per cent edible on them. (You can) use them on directly on the cake – the parts that are being eaten.

“However, this product here is supposed to be used on removable parts.”

The product has since been pulled from supermarket shelves.

Dusty’s dad, Chris Wildman, also spoke to 9News, saying they tried to keep him awake.

“I just felt so helpless,” he said tearfully.

The National Capital Poison Center has warned that while some cake decorating products are edible, others may contain heavy metals that can cause “poisonous effects” when swallowed.

Rochelle Evrard – a friend of the family – set up a , where she outlined what had happened when Dusty first became unresponsive.

“When the dust is mixed with water it turns to paste – so it immediately blocked Dusty’s lungs,” Ms Evrard wrote on the page.

The GoFundMe was set up, as Dusty’s parents are both sole traders and “don’t know when they’ll be able to work again”.

At the time of writing, £33,724 ($45,842AUD) has been donated to the fundraiser to assist the family with accommodation costs as they have had to relocate to Brisbane from the Gold Coast while their son receives treatment.