A Massachusetts family that made a stop-off on their trip home from Florida is wishing they'd just kept on driving north.
Steven and Amy Wolfe and their three kids stayed at the Homewood Suites in Mount Laurel, N.J. for just one night on the trip home to Pittsburgh, Mass. Things went fine until the next morning, when the Wolfes' twenty-two-month-old son picked up something left behind by previous guests and put it in his mouth - something used . . . and made of latex.
You guessed it. Cleaning crews apparently missed a dirty condom left behind by previous occupants of the room, and the Wolfe's youngest child had already swallowed a portion when he started choking and she rushed to his side.
The child is fine - at least choking-wise. But he'll have to undergo further testing to determine if any diseases in the condom might have put him at risk. His parents, meanwhile, are suing the hotel.
From the Philadelphia Daily News: "The suit contends that Homewood Suites and its subsidiaries, Hilton and
Blackstone, put the boy at risk by leaving the "life threatening" item
in the room and subjecting the boy to an increased risk of contracting
a "sexually transmitted disease, including HIV or AIDS, or some other,
potentially life threatening, potentially fatal illness."
I already knew hotel rooms were icky. This story highlights why it's so much more difficult to avoid the ick factor when you've got kids. As an adult, I immediately throw off the comforter when I walk into a hotel room, knowing they are often not washed between guests. My three-year-old, however, wants to roll around on the bed just like she does at home. She begs to take a bath in the hotel tub; I refuse.
After reading this, I'm even more inclined to say "Let's drive through the night honey. We can sleep when we get there."
Image: TripAdvisor.com
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