An Australian mother-of-five is urging parents to be more cautious about germs at the supermarket after her baby contracted salmonella from a shopping trolley.
According to essentialbaby.com, Gold Coast resident Vivienne Wardrop stopped at a shopping centre for a "quick shop" with her 10-month-old son Logan, who she strapped into a trolley.
Just 24 hours later Logan was vomiting, had diarrhoea and a fever. The following morning his mother took him to hospital where he spent the next eight days in intensive care.
![In just three days, Logan lost 10 per cent of his body weight. Photo / Facebook](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/I26RYM6C22MEIMOHMMRGNX3OXM.jpg?auth=f466484ae25d23cb59e7fe3c745c018b32ccd1db417d9cd3712b4165b68e2c57&width=16&height=12&quality=70&smart=true)
Taking to Facebook, Wardrop explained: "[He] ended up with a central line as his veins were collapsing due to severe dehydration. He was in hospital for a total of 10 days and will still take another week or two to fully recover."