Four-year-old Marnie Moore from Lancashire had a popular drink that left her “floppy and unconscious,” leading her distressed mother to issue warning to other parents of young children.
The girl was at a children’s party when her mom, Kim Moore, bough her two daughters one-liter refillable cups of slushy drinks. Marnie was playing and was occasionally taking a sip from the drink.
However, after a while, she started showing signs of agitation. The girl became extremely sleepy, which made her mom believe she was just tired. But it didn’t take long before Kim understood something serious was going on.
“It was only five minutes later when I tried to wake her up that I realised she wasn’t waking up and was actually unconscious. She’d gone really pale,” Kim explained.
“She wasn’t rousing at all and I think it was mum’s instinct that I knew something wasn’t right. She was floppy and completely unconscious.
“I was shaking her trying to wake her up and there was nothing.”
Marnie was transferred to the local hospital where she remained unconscious for about 25 minutes while doctors tried to raise her blood sugar levels.
She stayed at the hospital for three days before being discharged.
Kim explained that she suspected the slushy drink could be the cause of her daughter’s condition because it was the only thing she consumed that day that was out of the ordinary.
She said her daughter suffered glycerol toxicity, from the glycerol used in the slushy drinks instead of sugar to keep the drink’s “slush” effect.
“In hospital, she screamed out in agony saying her head hurt and threw up everywhere,” Kim recalled. “Looking back, she had every single symptom of glycerol toxicity. We got transferred to another hospital and they had no idea what had caused it. We started looking into the slushy because that was the only thing differently she’d had that day.”
Marnie’s case isn’t the only one of a child suffering glycerol toxicity because of a slushy drink.
In fact, experts have been warning of the dangers of this drink for quite some time, urging parents not to give it to children younger than 8.
Last year, 4-year-old Albie Green collapsed and faced a near-death experience shortly after consuming an iced slushy drink.
“I personally wouldn’t allow my child to drink one at all. It’s not a risk I’m willing to take,” Kim said. “I don’t think they should be sold to kids 12 and under in all honesty. I wouldn’t wish what we went through on our worst enemy. It was awful.”
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