I Had A Problem...
"Dad, I saw my life flash pass before my eyes". Those were the words that Boogie said to me about 40 minutes after un-lodging a peppermint from his throat...
The Fam and I had travelled over to Chuy's for lunch and then went over to watch "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" at Tinsletown.
We had some time to kill before the movie so we headed over to the mall for some window shopping. We made a quick pit stop for Amanda-Jayne and Gracie and then headed off on our merry way. Suddenly, without warning Boogie grabbed my arm and in a high-pitched strained voice sounding a bit like Lord Voldemort, he said he was choking. My immediate reaction was that he was joking because we had been cutting up all day and I started questioning him...but I could see the panic on his face and he began trying to make himself cough. So I immediately thought to administer "The Heimlich".
Now lets keep in mind that I never had attempted this procedure up until this moment so I wasn't even sure if it would work. I began the process as best as memory could serve and I pushed in on the bottom of his rib cage and pushed up, however all I managed to do was lift him up off the ground, I immediately began to think that I was not going to be able to help him, but remained calm...I had to try again, and I was determined not to stop until he was able to breathe.
He kept coughing through all of this and finally shot out the piece of peppermint. We both took a deep breath and just stood there amazed at what had just happened.
A couple of ladies had stopped to make sure he was ok and another lady behind the counter at "The Great American Cookie Company" fetched us a cup of water. Wow...what a horrible experience.
Peppermints are now banished forever.
...with a careless memory
jake...wooooooooooooooooooossshhh!!!
The Fam and I had travelled over to Chuy's for lunch and then went over to watch "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" at Tinsletown.
We had some time to kill before the movie so we headed over to the mall for some window shopping. We made a quick pit stop for Amanda-Jayne and Gracie and then headed off on our merry way. Suddenly, without warning Boogie grabbed my arm and in a high-pitched strained voice sounding a bit like Lord Voldemort, he said he was choking. My immediate reaction was that he was joking because we had been cutting up all day and I started questioning him...but I could see the panic on his face and he began trying to make himself cough. So I immediately thought to administer "The Heimlich".
Now lets keep in mind that I never had attempted this procedure up until this moment so I wasn't even sure if it would work. I began the process as best as memory could serve and I pushed in on the bottom of his rib cage and pushed up, however all I managed to do was lift him up off the ground, I immediately began to think that I was not going to be able to help him, but remained calm...I had to try again, and I was determined not to stop until he was able to breathe.
He kept coughing through all of this and finally shot out the piece of peppermint. We both took a deep breath and just stood there amazed at what had just happened.
A couple of ladies had stopped to make sure he was ok and another lady behind the counter at "The Great American Cookie Company" fetched us a cup of water. Wow...what a horrible experience.
Peppermints are now banished forever.
...with a careless memory
jake...wooooooooooooooooooossshhh!!!
posted by Alan at 12:18 PM
1 Comments:
How scary!! I know the feeling where it really doesn't hit you that it's happening, but when it does, your body is flooded with adrenaline, and you just react.
Your mind just knows that panic would be a dangerous waste of time. And so, you find it strangely easy to stay calm.
Then, when Mr. Thought has a chance to catch up to the situation, it's all over!
I'm glad that Boogie is back in business.
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