Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Worst scare ever!

Last night, I was home playing with the kids after dinner, while Scott was still away at work. I was tossing pillows at them while they stood on the edge of the couch, and they'd a laugh and fall backwards into the couch. I did have moments of "this is going to end badly",  but didn't stop because I normally think that it's going to end with someone in tears.
This time I was the one in tears. Remi stood on the edge of the couch and Quincy came up behind her. I waited for Quincy to move, but instead of making her way to her spot, she grabbed Remi's legs, causing her to fall face first onto the floor. Her little body crumpled over and I immediately freaked that she had a neck injury. She rolled over to start crying, but couldn't get that first cry out. Instead, her eyes rolled back in her head, and she looked like she had a little seizure. Then she went lifeless and looked like she stopped breathing. Sheer terror and panic set in as I looked frantically around to see if my phone was nearby. I needed to call 911.i didn't see it. I gave her a couple tiny breaths, and pushed gently on her chest. She looked like she was turning blue (meanwhile screaming in panic for Quincy to grab the phone). She was just laughing. I saw my phone on the counter and grabbed it to dial 911. Sometime in that timr, I guess she came to and started crying, because I remember talking to the operator through her tears and cries. I was still worried about a head or neck injury, though. The firemen and the paramedics came. Luckily Scott didn't come home in the meantime. Talk about your worst nightmare- to come home to an ambulance parked in your driveway. She checked out ok, so I declined them taking her to the hospital. I was even starting to feel a bit sheepish that they were even there, although in that moment, there was definitely no other call to make.