Our Cordless Phone Was Submerged In Water!

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I was dozing off on the couch around 10:00 p.m. last night, when the phone rang. It was a friend of my sixteen year old daughter's. As my daughter was in the kitchen doing something at the sink, I passed her the phone, and she proceeded to talk with her friend. Suddenly, I heard a 'very expressive' word from my daughter, followed by a splash. The phone had fallen into a sinkful of water, as she was trying to talk, and continue with what she was doing. She grabbed it quickly, took it apart, and dried it out. It's now upstairs on the charger, but I have the feeling, it's not going to revive. This was an expensive gift from my sister, a couple of years ago. Our 'plugged in' desk phone is also damaged, as it had some nail polish remover spilled on it, a few months ago. The buttons don't work to call out now. We have a very old phone on the kitchen wall, so now we have to hit the buttons 'hard' to place a call, put the receiver down, as it's all static, and pick-up the dining room desk phone etc. My sister was planning on giving me a new desk phone for Christmas. She's coming out on Monday, and will bring (likely) a new cordless phone, which I'll open early. My daughter feels really bad about both of these incidents, and especially the cordless phone. Have you ever had someone do something like this, to a vital piece of equipment etc? Have you done something similar yourself? Was the damaged item able to be repaired? Did it work again, after drying out etc?