Re: [OT]A warning for parents

["Julie Macfarlane" <juliemac57@hotmail.com>]

You are so lucky, but then you know that.
Life is too short to waste and as far as I can see, if god gave us a 
treasure on earth, i is in the love & laughter of our children.
May you have many years together in health & happiness.

>>THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
Never be afraid to try something new.
Remember that amateurs built the ark. . . . .
Professionals built the Titanic.

Julie Macfarlane
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>From: VeeWdriver@aol.com
>To: SCirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: [OT]A warning for parents
>Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2001 19:38:32 EDT
>
>My wife and I almost lost our 14 month old daughter, Andrea, this weekend.
>She was at her grandmothers house and wandered into the backyard and fell
>into the pool.  She was in there for about a minute before she was found 
>and
>pulled out by my wife.  She was limp and not breathing.  Thank God my wife
>kept her head and knew what to do.  She immediately started CPR and had her
>breathing/crying when paramedics arrived.  She spent the last three days in
>the hospital recovering and fighting off a slight case of pneumonia.
>
>Please, please, please keep doors to pool areas closed and locked if you 
>have
>children or grandchildren of your own or children that may come to visit.
>And please take the time to take a CPR class.  It made the difference in 
>our
>case.  My wife and I are both CPR trained (I wasn't there when the accident
>happened) and had she not been there, there would have been a few more
>minutes delay to get her breathing again since nobody else knew CPR and 
>they
>would have had to wait for the paramedics.
>
>It took her less than a minute (about 15 seconds) to get herself into 
>trouble
>and thankfully she was found so quickly after she was discovered missing.
>
>We are fortunate to have her with us still with no adverse affects.  We 
>were
>very worried the first night because she didn't even open her eyes for the
>first three hours and when she finally did, we weren't able to tell if she
>recognized anybody or if there was any kind of brain damage.  Today we were
>relieved to see her begin smiling and playing with the things she played 
>with
>before the accident.  A few hours into the day she started talking just 
>like
>she had before the incident.  The neurologist expects her to be 100% and
>she's pretty much there, just very, very tired.  You would be too if you 
>had
>been brought back from death.
>
>Guess I just needed to vent and if my story can help prevent even one such
>tragedy, I've done my job.
>
>Things like this can really help to reinforce your priorities.
>
>Tom in Tucson
>www.area-53.com
>Ten VW's, three Audi's, two Chevy's and counting.
>
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