Lollipops - a word of warning - please read!!!!!!!

[MrsC]

Lollipops - you know the round sort of hard boiled sweet ones!

I spent yesterday in A&E with my son (10 yrs old) after the top of the lollipop came off the stick and stuck in his throat! A frantic call to 999, emergency response paramedic in 2 minutes followed by an ambulance with my son choking and his eyes filling with blood being unable to swallow or breathe! Every parents worse nightmare, I really thought I was going to lose him and felt so helpless despite trying my hardest to help!

He's fine now and back home and running around but I have never been so scared in my life!

I had to tell you, please think again before giving your child or anyone you know one. My son has had them plenty of times before but looked what happened!

[lottie dolly]

my heart goes out to you mrsc,every parents nightmare,so glad he is alright now,things could have been very different,hope you yourself are feeling a bit calmer now,sooooo lucky you had presence of mind where to ring,

[di]

How awful!Big hugs to you & your boy!!!
The horrid thing is,kids(& grown~ups!)can choke on so many things....Andi's mum still thinks I cut Daisy & Ash's grapes in half!
The thing that terrifies me is those tiny bouncy balls...the times I've caught Ash with them in his mouth!
{{{{x}}}}

[lizzylemon]

Made me feel sick with horror just reading your dreadful time. I can't even begin to put myself in your shoes - you must have been horrified. Thank goodness for the emergency services and a mum who didn't panic.

It was no where as serious as your 'adventure' but you're not alone - my little monster got hold of an apple yesterday and tried to eat it (tricky with only 8 teeth) and promptly started to choke.

I did an emergency stop in the middle of Cambridges busiest road, dropped a man at 100 paces with just 1 one look after he honked at me.

By the time I wrenched open her door, she'd puked up all over herself and the back of the front seat (yougurt). Emergency over! Relived mummy and not even worried about reeking car.

[kirsty b]

How frightening! Glad he is ok Mrs C, and yours too Lizzy

[maytreefrannie]

Glad to hear all is well again.

[piskieinboots]

my goodness - so scary and horrid for you and your boy, really pleased to hear he is fine now!

[ginger ninger]

Scarry heart stopping stuff..But as long as your little one is ok that's all that's important, and the same goes to Lizzy... Big ((((((((HUGS)))))))) to both your little one's xx

[dexterdoglancashire]

Blimey! How awful for you. So pleased to hear that he is OK.

[Two_Sheds]

How frightening, I'm glad it's OK now.

I'm a mean auntie/stepmum ... I don't allow boiled sweets or lollies anyway, because they are so bad for the teeth. They can have ice lollies, or chewy sweets instead.

[HeyWayne]

Sheesus! Glad the little man's ok. How did they get it out in the end?

Been thinking of doing some basic first aid training myself for this very reason.

[Headfry]

Sorry to read your post MrsC big hugs to you all. Such a nasty shock.
HF
xx

[julesapple]

MrsC that is so traumatic! I bet your little one recovered before you did! Amazing how resilient they are, whilst you're sittimg there with shredded nerves.

When DD was about 9 months old, almost 20 years ago, we were in Tesco's one day. At the fruit aisle I parked the trolley far away from the fruit she coveted whilst I choose bananas. Because DD couldn't reach the fruit herself, an old lady passed her a grape. A muscat grape (you never forget the details) just big enough to wedge in her throat - a perfect fit.

I heard the gurgling and turned around to see her going blue. Howked her out of the trolley seat, turned her upside down, and clapped her between the shoulder blades. Nothing. Reached my fingers into her throat, still nothing. Upside down again, and this time I really did thump her hard several times. The grape finally shot out and she took a huge breath. All this took no more than a minute or two, but felt like an eternity.

A staff member had yelled for a first aider, who stood by uselessly, frightened stupid by the sight of a blue baby and a different staff member had called an ambulance, which took 20 minutes to arrive. I have never been so thankful my nursery nurse training in my life. There was a huge and horrifed crowd and my daughter was there laughing & giggling after coughing up the grape, and loving the attention!!

I was crying by this time as were my Mum & sister. The paramedic spent more time treating me for shock than checking the DD for injuries! The lady who had given my daughter the grape then added that her son used to choke on grapes all the time......good job I was still being seen to and didn't hear that personally.

I bet your boy is right as rain today and you're still seeing the nightmare on the inside of your eyelids though.

((((big hugs))) for you (and Lizzy) today and take it easy....lots of tlc from your OH is also needed!

Jules

[Pumpkin Becki]

Good grief! Thank goodness he's okay now Mrs C. I can't imagine how frightened you both must have been. ((((((((((((((BIG HUGS TO BOTH OF YOU))))))))))))))))

[funstuie]

When I was a young boy boiled sweets were the trading currency of the school yard. A particular favourite was a sweet called a "beach ball" because it was multi coloured and huge. Well I choked on one day (I was about 8 so over 20yrs ago), coughing, unable to take breath I eventually passed out. Luckily a teacher spotted me and picked me up and wolloped me on the back (different sort of first aid training in them days). I went to hospital as I still could not swallow. The thing was so big it had bruised my throat (well that's what the doctor told me) and it was about a week before I could eat solid foods. I have never eaten a boiled sweet since and I wont allow my child to neither.