Tests revealed that Arla’s blood sugar had dropped to an abnormally low level – a condition called hypoglycaemia, which has to be treated very quickly to stop it getting worse.

The family could not understand it as the toddler had eaten a number of sugary foods earlier that day.

“They were so quick getting all the machines into her,” said Carys. “They pricked her heel and took blood from her arms, and she did nothing, didn’t flinch – that’s when I knew something wasn’t right with her.

“I was absolute having it, I couldn’t stop crying. My brother and sister couldn’t even look at her because of all the machines attached to her.

“Then a doctor came through said ‘I know what it might be’ – he said ‘I think it’s the Slush Puppie’. He’d spoken to the poison unit and found that glycerol wasn’t for under fours.”

Arla had to be rushed to Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary, where medical staff also told the family that glycerol in the Slush Puppie was the likely cause of her condition.

They were able to treat the toddler quickly and before long she was sitting up, drinking juice and speaking to friends on Facetime.