Baby critical after swallowing Aldi trolley token

The concerned parent shared on Instagram that she heard her little one scream and vomit but had no idea what could have prompted the response.

She rushed the child to the bathroom where she continued to vomit and struggled with her breath.

Panicked that she couldn’t work out what had gone wrong she took her to the GP who worked out that there was something lodged in the baby’s throat but wasn’t able to dislodge it.

The concerned doctor advised her to take the child straight to emergency.

On the way the baby started vomiting again but was seen quickly by the hospital.

They took an X-ray of the baby’s chest and found a small disk stuck in her throat.

“At this stage I have no idea what it is,” the mum said.

“We get moved in the (emergency department) to higher care whilst they get (paediatricians) down to see what they want to do.”

It was only when the nurse offered for her to look at the X-ray herself that she knew exactly what the mystery item was.

“As soon as I saw the X-ray, I knew it was the Aldi trolley token,” the mum said.

“I said, ‘that will come out with the Aldi symbol on it’.”

The woman explained that her older daughter had the token the day before and she had asked her to throw it away, but instead she added it to her toy kitchen.

The tiny baby had to be admitted for surgery and the doctors removed the token within 20 minutes.

Thankfully the baby made a full recovery.

“She was so happy just observing everything,” the woman said. “She was a trooper.”

Other mums were grateful for the heads up, one said: “I have one on my keys. Will be so mindful of this now! Thank you for sharing and I’m so happy this beautiful girl is okay.”

Another added: “She’s so beautiful. Glad she’s OK! Such an important reminder.”

This article originally appeared on The Sun and was reproduced with permission