The hospital ran many tests on Maggie's heart. They decided that she had a wandering pacemaker that would not cause her any harm. She might outgrow it, or it might remain her whole life... but it wasn't anything that was alarming.
In order for Maggie to be released from the hospital it was mandatory for Eric and I to pass a few tests. One of which involved taking a short class on CPR. Being that we have both taken many CPR classes throughout our teaching careers, I was a little annoyed at this waste of time. Then Eric insisted that we practice on the dummy. I was frustrated and just wanted to go home!
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We took this picture at about 5PM on April 5, 2005...
At approximately 8:30 PM Maggie stopped breathing. We couldn't believe it... is she really turning blue? All within a few seconds, we looked at each other, I grabbed Maggie from Eric and said, "Call 9-1-1!" I checked her pulse and she didn't have one. I gave her 2 rescue breaths and checked her pulse again. Still no pulse. I began giving her 2 more rescue breaths preparing to start resuscitations.. but THANK GOD she started to cry! What a beautiful sound.
(God's hand was upon us as we had just practiced on the
CPR dummy just a few hours before this happened)
Next thing I knew the police, firemen and paramedics were all in our house. Asking questions, tending to Maggie... all the while we just couldn't believe this was happening.
Maggie was taken in ambulance to a local hospital where the tended to her until Loma Linda's ambulance transport team could arrive to take her back. The transport team recognized us as they were the same team that transported Maggie 2 days before. They were very sad for us, but made sure we knew that they were going to take great care of her.
This was by far the worst night of our lives.....
In order for Maggie to be released from the hospital it was mandatory for Eric and I to pass a few tests. One of which involved taking a short class on CPR. Being that we have both taken many CPR classes throughout our teaching careers, I was a little annoyed at this waste of time. Then Eric insisted that we practice on the dummy. I was frustrated and just wanted to go home!
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We took this picture at about 5PM on April 5, 2005...
At approximately 8:30 PM Maggie stopped breathing. We couldn't believe it... is she really turning blue? All within a few seconds, we looked at each other, I grabbed Maggie from Eric and said, "Call 9-1-1!" I checked her pulse and she didn't have one. I gave her 2 rescue breaths and checked her pulse again. Still no pulse. I began giving her 2 more rescue breaths preparing to start resuscitations.. but THANK GOD she started to cry! What a beautiful sound.
(God's hand was upon us as we had just practiced on the
CPR dummy just a few hours before this happened)
Next thing I knew the police, firemen and paramedics were all in our house. Asking questions, tending to Maggie... all the while we just couldn't believe this was happening.
Maggie was taken in ambulance to a local hospital where the tended to her until Loma Linda's ambulance transport team could arrive to take her back. The transport team recognized us as they were the same team that transported Maggie 2 days before. They were very sad for us, but made sure we knew that they were going to take great care of her.
This was by far the worst night of our lives.....
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