If you have young kids.. Please read.

I went numb reading this.


Subject: Fw: PLEASE READ IF YOU HAVE KIDS OR IF YOU CARE





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> >Subject: Please Read if you have children
> >
> >PLEASE READ
> >Body: McDonalds, Chuck E Cheese, Discovery Zone.. 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! This is very disturbing news. In addition to the following
> >true story, I will also add that my own sons were playing in the ball
> >pit at Chuckee Cheese one day.
> >
> >One son lost his watch, and was very upset. We dug and dug in those
> >balls, trying to find the watch.
> >
> >Instead, we found vomit, food, feces, 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 clea ned out once a month. I have doubts that it
> >is even done that often. My kids will never play in another ball pit.
> >Now read
> >this:
> >
> >PRETTY SCARY!!
> >
> >Hi My name is Lauren Archer, my son Kevin and I lived in Midland , TN.
> >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, feces, and
> >the stench of urine.
> >
> >If a child is not safe in a child's play area then where? You can
> >find the article on Kevin Archer in the October 10,1999 issue of the
> >Midland Chronicle.
> >
> >Please forward this to all loving mothers, fathers and anyone who
> >loves and cares for children!
> >
> >Don't think it's just McDonald's either or that this is something
> >that just started. When my oldest son who is now 9 was small the area
> >Burger King clos ed their play area for awhile for "remodeling"
> >because in another town there had been an incident similar to the one
> >described above that happen @ a Burger King. A little boy had been
> >playing in a ball pit & 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 copperhead nest
> >in the ball pit. He had suffered numerous bites from a very poisonous
> >snake. I wouldn't let my son play in the ball pit after that. I was
> >lucky even though that wasn't at our Burger King or McDonald's it
> >could
>have been.
> >I still have my son. Please send this on so that it doesn't happen to
> >someone you know
>
>
>
>
> Sharla Flowers
>