Shocking Slushy Scare: Mom Warns Parents After 4-Year-Old Hospitalized Minutes After Drinking Toxic Treat
Imagine a world where a child’s innocent indulgence in a sugary slushy turns into a medical emergency—because, apparently, that’s the dystopia we’re living in. Kim Moore, a mother from Lancashire, England, is now sounding the alarm after her 4-year-old daughter, Marnie, fell unconscious just 10 minutes after sipping a seemingly harmless slush ice drink. The culprit? Glycerol toxicity, a condition that sounds like it belongs in a chemistry lab, not a children’s party.
Moore recounted the harrowing experience to Kennedy News and Media, detailing how Marnie went from playful to pale and unresponsive in a matter of minutes. “She was floppy and completely unconscious,” Moore said, describing the terrifying moment she realized her daughter wasn’t just tired but in serious danger. Rushed to the hospital, Marnie was found to have dangerously low blood sugar levels, a hallmark of glycerol toxicity. The sweetener glycerol, commonly used to give slushies their signature texture, had wreaked havoc on her system.
The symptoms of glycerol toxicity read like a horror movie script: nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, headache, confusion, and, in severe cases, loss of consciousness. Marnie experienced all of them, screaming in agony from a headache and vomiting uncontrollably during her three-day hospital stay. Moore, understandably shaken, is now urging parents to think twice before letting their kids consume these drinks. “I don’t think these slushies should be allowed at all,” she said. “It’s not a risk I’m willing to take.”
This isn’t an isolated incident, either. A recent study published in the *Archives of Disease in Children* revealed that at least 21 children aged 2-6 in the U.K. and Ireland have been hospitalized over the past 15 years due to glycerol toxicity from slush ice drinks. The study’s authors have called for a ban on these drinks for children under 8, a recommendation that feels long overdue.
So, while slushies might seem like a harmless treat, they’re apparently a ticking time bomb for young children. Who knew a drink marketed to kids could double as a health hazard?
Sources: Celebrity Storm and People Magazine, Kennedy News and Media, *Archives of Disease in Children*
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