A mother posted a picture of her 16-year-old daughter Leah in a hospital coma after taking Ecstasy over Christmas. Photo: Facebook/Kerry Robinson
A mother posted a picture of her 16-year-old daughter Leah in a hospital coma after taking Ecstasy over Christmas. Photo: Facebook/Kerry Robinson
A mother has pleaded with youngsters to avoid taking Ecstasy after posting pictures of her teenage daughter in a coma as a result of popping a pill.
In posts that have now got viral, devastated mum Kerry Robinson took to social media site Facebook to explicitly reveal the shocking dangersof taking the banned class-A drug.
And she added to her warning by showing her 16-year-old daughter Leah in a hospital coma after taking Ecstasy over Christmas, the Daily Mail reported.
Robinson, of Wigan, Greater Manchester, explained her family's scare with Ecstasy came after Leah took what was believed to be the drug at a party.
The first harrowing picture on Boxing Day showed Leah among a tangle of tubes and machines as she lay unconscious in an induced coma in hospital.
She wrote: "My daughter had a brain scan and put in a coma because she took Ecstasy. She is in a bad way.
"Please let there be a God and Leah be okay. I love her so much xxxx."
She added as a warning to others: "This is what Ecstasy does - please don't take them." Then a second photo was posted later that night, showing Leah awake but clearly still in distress, and captioned that she was conscious and talking.
"I know how you must be feeling as my daughter was put in a coma a few months ago.
"I prayed and prayed. I don't know you and you don't know me but I am praying for Kerry and your family."
Natalie Prescott called it "a joke" and "disgusting" that drug dealers who were only interested in quick money nearly took a child's life.
Louise Caddick, who was one of hundreds of people to share the dramatic images, said: "Let this hopefully be a lesson to all those teenage kids out there even thinking about taking ecstasy pills.
"Her mum is heartbroken."
Kerry said she hoped "no other kids have any more of the tablets going around." Photo: Facebook/Kerry Robinson
Beth Casilli wrote: "Hope she's okay, so good that you are raising awareness."