Tuesday, January 18, 2011

On January 17, 2011 our daughter Andrea had a terrifying exerience when a Chilli Grape became lodged in her throat and she was fighting to breathe. My husband and I tried everything that we learned in our training but nothing worked. As shouted for her sister to call 911 I wasn't ready to let her go and I fought to stay brave for her to give her hope that we will come through this. I am not sure I did a good job but finally, after what seemed like an eternity a thought came to my mind to just try to push the object pass the airway. Scared and second guessing my self I did it and screamed for her to swallow. It worked but I would never urge any one to try this. Our family isn't the same and we never will. Everytime I see her I am filled of tears of joy.The purpose of this blog is to bring more awareness about these types of situations and to find ways to prevent other parents from ever experiencing what we did. Please post your experiences and help me is sharing our experience to prevent this from happening to some other family.