‘Her lips were blue in seconds’: Mother issues stark warning to fellow parents after her daughter almost CHOKED when her lollipop came loose from its stick and lodged in her throat
- Carla Shone, a nurse from Wales, took to Facebook to warn about choke hazard
- Her little girl had choked on a lollipop after it had separated from the stick
- Mother-of-three Carla, a trained nurse, managed to dislodge it from her throat
- Took to Facebook to warn other parents against sweet, in a post which went viral
A distraught mother has issued a stark warning to fellow parents of the dangers of giving lollipops to young children, after her daughter almost choked when one became lodged in her throat.
Carla Shone, a nurse from Flintshire, Wales, took to Facebook to share a picture of the sweet which had separated from its stick, causing it to become lodged in her little girl’s throat.
The mother-of-three said her daughter’s lips turned blue ‘in seconds’ as she struggled to get air, before Carla managed to retrieve the sweet thanks to her trained medical skills.
Warning parents to be vigilant in a post which racked up more than 100,000 likes and shares, Carla, who did not disclose her daughter’s name or age, said she would ‘never’ allow lollipops in her house again.
Carla’s disturbing post, showing the lollipop and the separated sweet, read: ‘I have just had to get this out of my daughter’s throat!’ before it described the harrowing incident
She shared a picture of the sweet which had separated from its stick, causing it to become lodged in her little girl’s throat and the post went viral, receiving 130,000 likes shares and comments
Carla’s disturbing post, showing the lollipop and the separated sweet, read: ‘I have just had to get this out of my daughter’s throat!
‘I’m a trained nurse and have never been so so frightened in all my life! I could have had my life shattered in seconds!’.
She continued: ‘Please be vigilant when giving lollipops children… I still can not breath properly typing this! [sic]
‘Never ever will I let one in my house again! You can see she wasn’t even biting on it, as we always tell her not to!
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‘She sucked it right off the stick straight to back of throats, her lips were blue in seconds! Please please please share’ [sic].
And parents quickly flooded the shock post with comments, many vowing not to let their children near lollipops again.
One parent admitted she only let her children eat soft lollipops, adding: ‘My kids get annoyed at me for telling them no when someone gives them one I don’t mind the drumsticks but defo not these. Hope you and your daughter are okay.’
Another listed the potential choke hazards she avoids, explaining: ‘No hard candy, grapes, hot dogs ( only chopped) and don’t allow them to eat when you are driving since you can’t see them.’
Meanwhile another admitted she had banned them after witnessing a child choke on one years ago, adding: ‘No lollipops in this house (even the flat ones) for over 40 years. I saw terrible incident with a child falling with one in his mouth I vowed then never to allow my children to have them’.
Carla Shone, a nurse from Wales, took to Facebook last week to warn parents against the dangers of giving lollipops to young children after her little girl choked on one when it separated from the stick
Many parents urged lollipops to be banned for children, with one mother writing: ‘I never cease to be amazed that these things aren’t banned in a country that is so obsessed with health and safety’
Meanwhile another parent admitted the same thing had happened to her child, adding: ‘Same happened my daughter the other day came right off the stick in her mouth. Thank God it didn’t go back her throat she threw it away. It’s a parents biggest fear hope your daughter is feeling better soon’.
Elsewhere many more urged lollipops to be banned for children, with one mother writing: ‘I never cease to be amazed that these things aren’t banned in a country that is so obsessed with health and safety’.
Multipacks of lollies carry a warning stating ‘Lollipops are a potential choking hazard. Not suitable for children under 36 months’, however most individual lollies do not.
In 2010 Deputy coroner Jean Harkin urged a sweet manufacturer to change its labelling after little Francis Dean, two, died when a lollipop got lodged in his throat.
One parent listed the potential choke hazards she avoids, explaining: ‘No hard candy , grapes, hot dogs ( only chopped) and don’t allow them to eat when you are driving since you can’t see them.’
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