“There was nothing when I tried to wake her up by shaking her.” After being taken to the nearby hospital, Marnie was unconscious for almost twenty-five minutes.
While medical professionals attempted to increase her blood sugar levels. Before being released from the hospital, she spent three days there.
Kim clarified that because the slushy drink was the only unusual item her daughter had taken that day, she had reason to believe it may be the cause of her illness.
She said that since glycerol was used in place of sugar in slushy beverages to maintain their “slush” effect, her daughter developed glycerol poisoning.
Kim recounted, “She screamed out in agony in the hospital, saying her head hurt and she threw up everywhere.” In retrospect, she had every sign of glycerol toxicity.
