Tot who ate Kinder chocolate egg became seriously unwell and 'looked dead'
18.04.2022 - 14:13
/ dailyrecord.co.uk
A tot "looked dead" when he was hospitalised with suspected salmonella poisoning from a Kinder chocolate egg.
Little Billy Way, aged three, became seriously unwell after eating his brother's Kinder Surprise chocolate in March.
Mum-of-two, Kasey Cooke, said that doctors feared that her son, from Barry, South Wales, could fall into a coma because he had dangerously low blood sugar levels.
It comes after Kinder products, including Kinder Surprise eggs, made at a plant in Belgium were recalled from supermarkets over an outbreak of salmonella.
The chocolate factory has been forced to shut after investigators recorded more than 100 cases of salmonella, including 63 in the UK, North Wales Live reports.
Kasey, 26, said: "Billy loves Kinder Surprise eggs, he eats at least one a week. His older brother got a pack of three for his birthday and as he's not a chocolate fan I gave one to Billy.
"He was excited to eat the chocolate and have the toy inside. But a few days later he started being sick a lot. He couldn't keep anything down and couldn't even hold his weight on his feet.
"I had to put a nappy on him as he couldn't get up to use the toilet. I went to the GP out of hours and he was so severely ill they said go straight to hospital. They were worried he could have gone into a coma as his blood sugar was so low. It was terrible. It wasn't worth it for an egg."
The full-time mum said her son was admitted to Noah's Ark Children's Hospital in Cardiff, Wales, and kept on a drip for four days.
She said: "When I sent my family a picture of him in hospital, their response was that he looked dead. He looked like he was dying, his mouth was dry, his face was pale and his eyes were black and sunken. He didn't sit up for a week.
"He was so