Apr. 6, 2007 - A Hero is Born!

A Hero is Born!

This morning I tried to do too many things at once.  Picture this: Munching a bite of a breakfast bar in my mouth, climbing onto a stool to look for vinegar in a high cabinet, and talking to the children all at once, I suddenly inhaled a chunk of my breakfast bar.  Yikes!  I was choking!  At first I ran to the bathroom, with the children following to see what was wrong.  I tried to cough, I tried to breathe, I tried to scream, and I sucked for air as hard as I could, over and over.  At the time, I didn't realize it, but Josh, Jessica and Hayley had frozen in horrified silence.  Taylor began yelling, "What do we do, what do we do?"  Suddenly he thought of David.  "Daaa-viiid!,” he frantically screamed down to the basement.  At this point I was terrified.  I actually thought to myself that maybe I was going to die right here, and I began hitting my chest.  My head was pounding and my chest felt like it was collapsing and suddenly David appeared, grabbed me around the abdomen and performed the Heimlich maneuver three times.  I signaled for him to stop because I knew he had dislodged the food on the first or second try.   Miraculously, I could breathe again, but it was hard at first.  It took several breaths to fill my lungs completely.  My whole body was trembling and my legs were weak.  I collapsed on the couch and the children's faces changed to relief.  A few minutes later, still shaking on the couch, David asked, "Mom, since I saved your life today, do you think you could let me off from being grounded?"  It hurt, but I laughed.

For information on First Aid, CPR, and AED courses available in your community contact your local American Red Cross or click this link: http://www.redcross.org/services/hss/courses/.

You can also take online quizzes at the link above for CPR, Water Safety and Lightning Safety.

David, my hero!

Mom sure looked stupid!

I did not say, "What do we do, what do we do?"

This is what I needed the vinegar for.  Didn't the children do a great job?

When Grandpa came over for computer class, he thought David should definitely be taken off restriction!  He said if I don't, David will have to bargain with me first, before he saves my life the next time!  Ha!

Things got back to normal and Hayley practiced for her recital.

Grandpa makes sure that Hayley and Taylor know how to use their meters for their computer and electronics class. Thanks Grandpa!

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Apr. 8, 2007 - Oh My!

Posted by NeverAlone

I know you must have been terrified! Great kid-- I hope he at least gets a little time off his restriction, LOL.

~Leslie

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