PLEASE READ THIS!!DO NOT IGNORE!! YOUR CHILD COULD DIE FROM THIS!
DON'T IGNORE THIS BECAUSE IT'S A LONG ARTICLE PLEASE!! PLEASE READ!!
McDonalds, Burger king, Time Zone... All places with ball pits in the
children's play area. One of my sons lost his watch, and was very upset. We
dug and dug in those balls, trying to find his watch. Instead, we found
vomit, food, faeces, and other stuff I do not want to discuss.
I went to the manager and raised hell. Come to find out, the ball pit is
only cleaned out once a month. I have doubts that it is even done that
often.
My kids will never play in another ball pit.
Some of you might not be parents, but you may have nieces, nephews,
grandchildren, or friends with children.
This will pertain to you too. As I read the following, my heart sank.
I urge each and every one of you to pass this on to as many people as you
can. I cannot stress how important this is!
Hi. My name is Lauren Archer, my son Kevin and I lived in Melbourne ,
Australia . On October 2nd, 1999 I took my only son to McDonald's for his
3rd birthday.
After he finished lunch, I allowed him to play in the ball pit. When he
started whining later on, I asked him what was wrong, he pointed to the back
of his pull-up and simply said "Mommy, it hurts." I couldn't find anything
wrong with him at that time. I bathed him when we got home, and it was at
that point when I found a welt on his left buttock.
Upon investigating, it seemed as if there was something like a splinter
under
the welt. I made an appointment to see the doctor the next day, but soon he
started vomiting and shaking, then his eyes rolled back into his head.. From
there, we went to the emergency room. He died later that night.
It turned out that the welt on his buttock was the tip of a hypodermic
needle that had broken off inside.
The autopsy revealed that Kevin had died from a heroine overdose. The next
week, the police removed the balls from the ball pit. There was rotten food,
several hypodermic needles: some full, some used; knives, half-eaten candy,
diapers, faeces, and the stench of urine.
Don't think it's just McDonald's either. A little boy had been playing in a
ball pit @ Burger King & started complaining of his legs hurting. He later
died too. He was found to have snake bites all over his legs & buttocks.
When they cleaned the ball pit they found that there was a snake's nest in
the ball pit. He had suffered numerous bites from a very poisonous snake.
I have an apo who I usually allow to play to such places like those and it
really scared the hell out of me when I read this ... what if, di ba?
Repost this if it scares the crap out of you!! Repost this if you care about
kids!! Please forward this to all loving mothers, fathers and anyone who
loves and cares for children!! What has this world come to?? If a child is
not safe in a child's play area then where??