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A screaming five-year-old girl had to be rushed to hospital after choking on a lollipop her mum had bought her for Halloween.
Little Evie Smith was around trick or treating when the sweet treat fell off its stick and got stuck in her throat, causing her to scream and cry. Her 29-year-old mum Amie, from Scotland, has now issued a warning to other parents and said she will never buy lollipops again.
After the lollipop got stuck in her daughter's throat, Amie tried desperately to dislodge it by slapping the little girl's back but to no avail. She quickly called 999 and paramedics rushed to their home in Kirkcaldy, Fife.
Evie dressed up as Wednesday Adams for Halloween (Supplied)
Evie with her mum Amie (Supplied)The scared mum told the Daily Record: "It was absolutely terrifying and it all happened so quickly. The kids were apple dooking when Evie asked to eat a lollipop. Out of nowhere, she started choking and we soon found out that the top of her lollipop was missing.
"She was screaming traumatically and was running up and down the hallway crying. We were trying to get it out by slapping her back but nothing was working, it just wouldn't come out. The paramedics were very swift in arriving at the house.
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"They started trying to do back slaps but it wasn't working. They quickly got her in an ambulance to take her to hospital and she was sick all over herself. The sweetie still wasn't coming up so they got her into the hospital and the doctor was quite happy that it wasn't obstructing her breathing at the time. I have never been so terrified in my life."
When Evie arrived, doctors at Victoria Infirmary carried out an X-ray and determined that the lolly had thankfully passed into her digestive system. She was let out of the hospital that night and left with just a sore throat from the horrific ordeal.
Amie said: "They were happy that it had gone down into her digestive system so they kept her in for a couple of hours observation and got her to drink some water and a yogurt. Now, we've just got to watch out for signs of a chest infection in case anything went into her lungs.
"She has got a really sore throat but apart from that she is recovering and she is alive, which is the main thing." Amie has now urged other mums and dads to be vigilant of the dangers of lollipops, adding that she will never be purchasing one of the sweets again.
She added: "I'd like to tell other mums and dads just to be really vigilant. I have always had a fear of lollipops in case they are running about and they fall and hit the stick off the floor. It never crossed my mind that the lolly could fall off the stick and that they'd choke on it. We won't be buying lollipops again."
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