A
desperate mother posted this picture of her daughter on Facebook. Normally,
scenes like this should probably only concern immediate family and—sometimes—a
court of law. But in this case, the mother wanted as many people as possible to
see the pictures. The story behind this picture is harrowing.
"Attention
Parents:
This
is what 2 beers, 2 shots of Captain Morgan, 2 shots of apple pie moonshine, 2
shots of whiskey, and a handful of liquor soaked blueberries looks like on a 16
year old.
My
daughter and her cousin decided to throw themselves a party last night while they
were home alone for 2 hours at their dads' house. They raided the liquor
cabinet and when my ex husband got home he found the girls drunk and our
daughter unresponsive. He rushed her to the hospital in Wyoming, and Court and
I met him there.
When
I arrived I was rushed into the ER and there was my child, lying on a gurney.
She was covered in heated blankets to combat hyperthermia — her body
temperature was 95 degrees. She was being pumped full of iv fluids. One of the
tubes in her throat was running into her stomach continuously draining the
fluid therein.
It
took the ER team 3 attempts to intubate Taylor, they tore her throat up in the
process. It was necessary — so she could be attached to the ventilator which
spent the next 13 hours breathing for her, because she wasn't able to breathe
on her own.
She
was rushed by ambulance to U of M Amplatz Children's Hospital around midnight.
My
daughter's symptoms were caused by her blood alcohol level reaching it's
plateau at .43.
More
than 5 times the legal limit.
High
enough to kill a grown man.
The
Doctors at Amplatz made it very clear to us that had her father had not found
our child when he did, she would have undoubtedly died in that house last
night.
We,
by the Grace Of God alone, will not be burying our child this week. But only
because we are extremely blessed.
And
extremely lucky.
Some
party.
I
hope my daughter and my niece understand how fortunate they both are. I hope
they learned a valuable lesson in this. And I hope this experience shared can
help prevent another child losing her life to alcohol.
Parents:
2 hours. They were only alone for 2 hours.
Kids:
2 beers and 6 shots is all it took to almost kill this girl.
Please
share this. Help raise awareness of the dangers of alcohol poisoning and
teenage binge drinking.
I
never thought I could find us in a situation like this.
Neither
did Taylor.
Maybe
we should have."
There
is nothing to add to the words of this mother. Let's hope her powerful message
resonates with those who might need to hear it.
H/T
: hefty.co