3-year-old Alysha Zambra
Little three-year-old Alysha had no idea what she was in for
when she simply took a seat next to her mother during their typical bus
ride home one afternoon. The wheels had barely started rolling when, to
the mother’s horror, she glanced down at her daughter and saw she was
pumping out blood from her hand. The terror was only made worse when she
realized what had happened.
Alysha Zambra was traveling the relatively short distance
home with her mother, Stacie Zambra, and another sibling. As is standard
practice for the Irish family when taking the public bus system, which
they rely on for transportation each day around Dublin, Stacie sits in
between her two children on a rear bench in the bus. But this day was
nothing like the others and could result in irreversible damage.
According to The Independent,
Stacie said she had turned her head for a split second to glance out
the window when her daughter began screaming. When she snapped her head
back, the girl’s finger was pumping out blood, spraying all over the
back of the bus. That’s when Stacie looked down and saw that Alysha had
picked up a fully loaded, filthy syringe filled with heroin.
Trying to contain the blood and her own fear, the mother
held on to her little girl’s hand until they could get off at the next
stop. When the bus finally pulled over, the mother couldn’t believe who
was there. Stacie said that “it must have been fate,” as she was
surprised by the Godsend of five inspectors at the stop, who were able
to help her daughter get medical attention faster than she would have
been able to do on her own.
The Dublin Bus like what Alysha rode on with her mother. (Stock photo)
Alysha was rushed to the closest children’s hospital, where
her wound was addressed and several vials of blood were taken for
testing. Now, the mother waits in worry for what seems like the longest
amount of time imaginable to find out what diseases her daughter may
have contracted from the contaminated needle, including HIV.
“No parent should ever have to go through this,”
Stacie said. “This country is ruined by heroin. You pay your money to go
on the bus and you shouldn’t be expected to scan for filthy needles. It
just makes me sick.”
Apparently, the Irish transportation service has become a
mobile drug den in a country that has an out-of-control heroin epidemic.
Alysha wasn’t the first child victim to be pricked with a drug needle,
as a 6-year-old riding the same system was reportedly pricked by a
heroin-loaded syringe earlier this year, according to the Mirror.
Heroin hasn’t just taken over many parts of Europe, the
often lethal narcotic is a growing epidemic in America as well, with
deaths in the U.S. from the drug having increased 5-fold since 2001, and there’s no slowing down in sight.
Parents need to be diligent about checking their
surroundings for hazards, such as disgusting drug paraphernalia that’s
been left behind and could be picked up by curious kids. All it takes is
one accidental prick of the finger for drugs and/or blood-born diseases
to enter into your child’s system and ruin them for life. Degenerates
don’t care and may even leave these things behind on purpose, creating a
trap into their own personal misery.
h/t: [Mirror]
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