A woman has given a strong warning to other parents about the risks of allowing children to sleep in heated bedrooms after finding it hard to wake up her little daughter after a nap in one.

When Jennifer Abma realized her small daughter was exhibiting symptoms of acute heatstroke, she said it was “the scariest moment I’ve had to imagine.”

Anastasia’s mother took a photo of her daughter when her skin was inflamed and moist, and she posted it to Facebook along with a cautionary note.

She had spent the previous twenty minutes trying to wake the girl in her room, but finally had to call the police since she couldn’t.

She wrote, “Anastasia made the decision to take a nap. It wasn’t until I tried to wake her up and was unsuccessful for 20 minutes while she was soaked in sweat and her face was red that I realized how hot her bedroom was.”

“When the ambulance came, the paramedics brought investigators along since they weren’t sure what to expect. It took us twenty minutes to wake her up.”

Jennifer stated, “[The] ambulance arrived faster than I could have ever imagined, and they took her sugars, which were 1.2 when they should have been above 4.” Jennifer said her child had not been exposed to sunlight.

They gave her sucrose, and she started crying shortly after, showing that she was undoubtedly afraid.

“No, it wasn’t my fault that it happened to her, she said, but it’s difficult not blame yourself when things like this happen.”

“This is a lesson learnt, and I hope that other parents can take something from it and make sure that you check the rooms in your house because they can be just as dangerous as a hot vehicle.”

“However, I’m still shaken by the event, and I hate to imagine what would have happened if I hadn’t gone to check on her. God was definitely on our side yesterday, and I will always be thankful to Jay and the emergency services for coming as soon as they could to save me from falling apart.”

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