The Kansas City Zoo's names for three baby otters have fans joining the light side, including one well-known "Star Wars" alumnus. ||||| The 2-year-old boy brought to a Wichita hospital Tuesday night with a small octopus stuck in his throat has shown significant improvement, police said Thursday. 
 
 He has been upgraded to good condition and so far doesn’t show signs of long-term injury caused by oxygen deprivation to the brain, Wichita police Lt. James Espinoza said. 
 
 “There will be some more tests today” to assess the toddler’s responses, he said. 
 
 The boy’s 21-year-old mother told investigators she returned home from work Tuesday night to find her 36-year-old boyfriend performing CPR on her son, police have said. The child was not breathing when he was brought to the hospital from their house in the 4900 block of East Waterman. 
 
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 In the course of assessing the child’s conditions, doctors extricated the small octopus from the child’s throat. The head of the dead octopus measured about 2 inches in diameter. 
 
 Police were notified by the hospital when the boyfriend’s stories about how the boy swallowed the octopus and sustained minor injuries to his face were not consistent with the evidence, Espinoza said. 
 
 The boyfriend was taken to Exploited and Missing Child Unit offices for questioning and arrested shortly after 5 a.m. Wednesday on suspicion of child abuse. He has since bonded out of the Sedgwick County Jail. 
 
 The investigation into the incident is continuing, Espinoza said. He called the 2-year-old condition “a very delicate situation.” 
 
 At some point soon, a detective specially trained to interview young children will visit with the boy. 
 
 “That’s an interview that will need to take place,” Espinoza said. 
 
 Police have said the octopus was not a pet. It was likely intended to be used as sushi. ||||| WICHITA, Kansas – Wichita police say a 2-year-old boy is now in good condition after an octopus was found lodged in his throat. 
 
 The incident happened around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday in the 4900 block of East Waterman. 
 
 Police say a 21-year-old mother returned home from work and found her 36-year-old boyfriend trying to do CPR on the 2-year-old boy. The boy wasn’t breathing. 
 
 EMS responded and transferred the boy in critical condition. 
 
 At the hospital, doctors found a small octopus has been lodged in the boy’s throat. The octopus appeared to be for sushi according to police. The boy also had facial injuries. 
 
 The Wichita Police Department’s Exploited and Missing Child Unit interviewed the mother’s boyfriend. He was identified by police arrest records as Matthew Gallagher. Police say he was not able to explain why the boy had ended up that way. He is facing child abuse charges.
– Doctors must have been shocked when they pulled a small octopus from the throat of a 2-year-old boy who arrived at the hospital not breathing. The boy's 21-year-old mother arrived home from work Tuesday night to find her 36-year-old boyfriend, Matthew Gallagher, giving CPR to her son, according to KSNW. The boy was rushed to a hospital in Wichita, Kansas, where doctors removed the octopus from his throat. The AP reports the octopus's head was about 2 inches across. It was likely meant to be used in sushi. The boy, who also showed evidence of facial injuries, was upgraded from critical to good condition on Wednesday. The Wichita Eagle reports he's showing no signs of permanent damage from oxygen deprivation. Gallagher was arrested on suspicion of child abuse when his explanation for the octopus and facial injuries didn't match up with what doctors observed. An expert will interview the boy when he's ready, and an investigation into the incident is continuing. Police say it's a "very delicate situation."