Woman Loses Parts Of Her Stomach After Being Served Liquid Nitrogen Drink

Stacey Wagers had thought she would have a gala time with her friend at dinner but things didn’t go as planned on November 2018. A waiter at the Don CeSar Hotel had allegedly poured liquid nitrogen in Wagers’ drink which she consumed. The vicious drink put both her stomach and her gallbladder at risk.

On Oct. 11, the 45-year-old woman filed a lawsuit against Don CeSar Hotel, after the doctors had to remove her gallbladder and parts of the stomach.

The hotel and the restaurant's director of food and beverage were reprimanded after the staffers failed to train their employees to adequately warn the customers against the prospective injuries from consuming liquid nitrogen.

The incident occurred at the hotel's Maritana Grille restaurant in St. Pete Beach, Florida.

Wagers recounted that she and her friend saw a waiter pouring a strange liquid onto a dessert at a neighboring table making it "smoke". They were smitten by the smokey effect and the waiter mixed the liquid — unbeknown to them that it was liquid nitrogen, a freezing agent — into their glasses.

Things took an awkward turn when Wagers fell sick "within seconds", according to the lawsuit.

"There was an explosion in my chest," she told NBC News. "I couldn't speak. I felt like I was dying."

An ambulance was called and Wagers was rushed to the hospital, where she spent days in the Intensive Care Unit.

Wagers required surgery to remove her gallbladder; parts of her stomach where the tissue had been burnt by the liquid nitrogen’s cold temperature, were also removed. According to her attorney Adam Brum, she has lost more than 25 pounds since the event and will likely have long-term digestion difficulties.

Wagers had no idea that the potion could have nearly killed her. "Of course I didn’t think it was dangerous at all," she told NBC. "He had just poured it on a dessert."