Thursday, August 7, 2008

Today, for the first time in my life, I....


Had to administer the Heimlich Maneuver.



On Alexsia.



We had just sat down to eat and I opened her bean burrito and it was HUGE! I held it up and gave her a bite. And thank God I was paying attention because the next thing I saw were these huge brown eyes looking like she was going to cry. I thought she was going to throw up! I grabbed her and put her in front of the garbage can and that's when I noticed that she wasn't breathing.


I flipped her around (she's almost as tall as me!) and I started the maneuver and after 3 pushes, out flies this giant tortilla mass and a huge gasp for air.


I grabbed her head and hugged her and she was embarrassed and told me to stop.


Talk about terrifying. She later scolded me that I should have cut it up in little pieces like her mommy would.


So now I know.

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