When the guests finally left, the mother opened the door as usual. But instead of the usual sight, she saw her son barely breathing, his lips turning blue. Next to him lay an empty bottle — of cleaning liquid.

The woman screamed so loudly that the neighbors rushed to the door. Doctors arrived just in time: the child was saved, but he had narrowly escaped death.

The story didn’t end there. The doctors reported the incident to child protective services. The boy was taken from his mother, and she lost her parental rights.

It was a devastating blow for her — but even worse was realizing that her own child had suffered from loneliness and thirst for a mother’s love.