Hiccups » 911 http://blog.newsok.com/hiccups Hiccups parenting blog is written by parents for parents and their children Fri, 29 Mar 2013 20:01:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 A big thanks to the OKC Fire Department http://blog.newsok.com/hiccups/2010/04/07/firedept/ http://blog.newsok.com/hiccups/2010/04/07/firedept/#comments Wed, 07 Apr 2010 18:54:01 +0000 hiccups http://blog.newsok.com/hiccups/?p=1150 On Monday, my son gave me quite the scare.  I was talking to another parent at his day care while he and his friend played in the cubby area of the classroom.  He was tugging on his friend’s shirt and when his friend broke free, my son fell backward and hit his back on the cubby.  

I was consoling him (he was crying pretty hard) when all of a sudden his eyes glazed over and his body went completely limp and lifeless in my arms.  I tried shaking him to snap him out of it, but he was completely passed out.  His teacher called 911 and he woke up about a minute later, disoriented and crying.

]]> On Monday, my son gave me quite the scare.  I was talking to another parent at his day care while he and his friend played in the cubby area of the classroom.  He was tugging on his friend’s shirt and when his friend broke free, my son fell backward and hit his back on the cubby.  

I was consoling him (he was crying pretty hard) when all of a sudden his eyes glazed over and his body went completely limp and lifeless in my arms.  I tried shaking him to snap him out of it, but he was completely passed out.  His teacher called 911 and he woke up about a minute later, disoriented and crying.

When the EMT/firefighters arrived, they checked him thoroughly.  They put him at ease by talking to him about things he could relate to so he wouldn’t be so frightened.  In the end, they think he just hyperventilated from crying so hard.  His doctor wants to run more tests, but hopefully,  that’s all it was.

After about 45 minutes, when all seemed back to normal, the firefighters invited my son and his friend to go outside and see their fire truck.  You can only imagine the excitement on the boys’ faces.

They gave them stickers, blew up rubber gloves, showed them the super-humongous ax and let them sit inside so they could show them all the bells and whistles.

Then came the best part.

“We’re taking them with us.”  

I thought the firemen were joking. 

Then the doors to the truck closed, and off they all went for a ride through the parking lot, flashing lights and all.  Their first ride ever in a real fire truck.  I think that made my son’s life complete.  I don’t remember ever getting to ride in a fire truck.  But these two boys would surely be the envy of all their classmates the next day.

So to the Oklahoma City Fire Department:  You guys have the biggest hearts. Thank you so much for taking the time to turn a scary situation into something my son will always remember.   Thank you for putting this smile on my boy’s face.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-Erica Smith
esmith@opubco.com

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