scary day at playcentre
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Topic: scary day at playcentre
Posted By: lizzle
Subject: scary day at playcentre
Date Posted: 27 March 2007 at 1:07pm
| Just got home from playcentre and it was the scariest day ever. One of the little boys stopped breathing, went blue and floppy. His mumk kept saying to us "do something, do something" but we had no idea what to do. He ended up screaming, but having this things where he would breathe in and not breathe out again, then change colour and go floppy again. The scariest thing I've ever seen. ANyway, we rang an ambluance and they all went in, but we were all in shock afterwards. they are at the hospital now and I'll give her a call tomorrow and see how things went, but still feeling so horrible., Talking to one of the ladies, i kinda felt guilty too, as the whole time it was happening I was thinkgin "thank god that isn't me" |
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Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 27 March 2007 at 1:15pm
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wow that is scary - did the playcentre staff not know any first aid? i would have thought that should have been somebody there that had a first aid cert. ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Posted By: Bombshell
Date Posted: 27 March 2007 at 1:16pm
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OMG didnt anyone there know CPR??? surely they have had to have had training in it???
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Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 27 March 2007 at 1:36pm
OMG....Thats sooo scary!! I am surprised that no one did CPR on him!! (Not meaning you...I mean some one from the centre) ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 27 March 2007 at 1:52pm
| the thing was that he kept breathing but having these "breathing fits" for a better way to describe it, so we just kinda shook him to "wake him up"...it wasn't really a CPR thing, although it soujds like it. very hard to describe |
Posted By: caraMel
Date Posted: 27 March 2007 at 1:57pm
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Wow, that must have been freaky!
I've always wondered if I'd be any use in a situation like that with my kids or others. Even if I had the knowledge, would I be able to put shock or panic aside to apply it IYGWIM? I hope the little boy is ok and you're feeling better too Liz! ------------- Mel, Mummy to E: 6, B: 4 and: 
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Posted By: MILF
Date Posted: 27 March 2007 at 2:02pm
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sounds like it might have been an asthma attack?? poor wee boy, hope he is alright now. let us know after you ring his mum tomorrow.
and yes, i would be the same, thank god its not one of mine! ------------- Lyla - mum to Xanthe -  my big 4 year old 
and Jordis - 1 year old 
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Posted By: Katherine
Date Posted: 27 March 2007 at 2:27pm
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Was it a breath-holding episode? Meaning, did he seem to have a seizure (did he tremble and have jerky movements), or was it more like he was upset and screaming, and then couldn't catch his breath and then passed out? Emma Rose has breath-holding episodes when she gets upset -- she will scream and then "forget" to catch her breath, turn blue, go floppy, and pass out. Then after a couple of seconds she will "wake up" and be lethargic for a little while before she gets back to normal. Unfortunately, there isn't anything you can do if it's a breath-holding episode -- I've actually read medical advice to parents telling them to leave the room if it's too stressful for them to watch their kid turn blue and pass out (yeah, right, like I can do that!). I can find you more info about breath-holding episodes if it would help... Apparently most kids grow out of them when they get to school, but it's awful to watch. The first time Emma Rose had one, we were screaming and calling 111, and then went immediately to the doctor. It is really scary if you haven't seen it before. Her eyes rolled back in her head, she was blue and floppy, and my husband thought she was dying. So I can understand how you all would have been totally freaked out if this is what happened. Big hugs to all the mums who were there!!! |
Posted By: thunderwolves
Date Posted: 27 March 2007 at 2:59pm
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sounds pretty scary, i hope that he is okay, and his mum too, much be awful to feel so helpless for your own child, ------------- http://alterna-tickers.com"> 
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 27 March 2007 at 8:02pm
| Katherine that sounsd like it exactly! For the mum it was the first time he'd ever done that so was so traumatic for her. I saw her afterwards today and she was in shcok I think. the doctors checked the little boy over and he was fine - they said it was a breath-holding episode like you said. The problem I think is that both of her kids are EXTREMELY clingy and they don't sleep. She said she has had 10 nights of full sleep in over a year! So she is exhausted, the kids won't go to anyone without FREAKING out, and I am getting a bit worried about the mum. Can I pass on your details katherine? She might appreciate hearing from someone whose had the same situiation. |
Posted By: Freesia
Date Posted: 28 March 2007 at 6:14am
Wow, I have never heard about anything like that. I learn something new every day on here. That would be so scary to watch though 
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