WOW! What A Day!
Today was the day to finally take my National Registry Exam! So all morning I was trying to study, but Thaxton was being a little pill. He decided to dump Cheerios all over the floor! :) Hey, I guess he was having fun right!!
So, I studied until I was just making myself crazy. So, I dropped the kids off at Lacey's and went to Hastings to grab some lunch before my test. I even got to meet Tommy for lunch. So, that was an added bonus!
I was soooooo nervous for this exam and the check-in made it worse. I had to have two proof of identification. They took my picture made me sign a contract. Had to empty my pockets and even had to take off my watch. I was lead into the "dungeon". And then finally, I got to begin the test. It is a computerized test. Basically it makes you go until you pass. It could be anywhere from 70-120 questions long. It seriously was the hardest test I have ever taken. After question 70, it just shut off with a little note that the results will be available in 24-48 hours! Yipppeeeee! More waiting. :) So with answering just 70 questions, I either did pretty good or pretty bad! :S
So home I go. They kids came home from school. He had some killer eggs sandwiches for super and got the mess cleaned up. The kids were picking up their toys (a.k.a. playing) before getting ready for bed. I was sitting at the computer seeing if I would find a solution to my broken camera UGH!!! Anyways, and Tommy was sitting next to me on the phone.
Kyson comes walking up between us, and he starts coughing. I look down, and he is choking on something. Tommy grabs him and starts patting his back. I wanted him to keep coughing and to get it up. But, no such luck. He soon quit coughing, and he couldn't breathe at all. Now at this point, everyone is freaking out. Adelyn is screaming that he was eating a fruit snack. Parker is getting Thaxton out of the way. It was chaos. I grabbed him and somehow my training just kicked in. But, he quickly became blue and limp. Tommy called 911, and he had the ambulance on the way. I'm still trying to get it out, and I'm really staring to panic. He finally started to puke! He puked and would start choking again, then puke again! Finally, he could breathe. THANK GOD!! I have never been so happy to be covered in puke in my life. The ambulance pulled up and the amazing volunteers came streaming into my kitchen one after another. I have never been more relieved. They took Kyson, who was fine now, out of my arms to just check him out. I walked into the kitchen. I was so glad that someone else was there to be in charge. I was shaking, and it was time for Mom to freak!!!
The only thing that concerned me was that he never puked up the fruit snack. I was scared he inhaled it. So since he was breathing fine, we drove him to the hospital. They checked him out and did a chest exam to be safe. He was fine. I think the whole ordeal traumatized the rest of us more than him. He was running all over the exam room.
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| My sweet little boy on the way home form the Hospital. |
I am so thankful for the awesome members of Clay Center Rescue! Now, I know they will all say it is their job. But they choose that job! They choose to help people. Within minutes, I had 8 people who dropped what they were doing running in my kitchen door to help my son! There is never enough thanks for that! Now I hope I never have to be on this end of a call again! But if I ever am, I know we'll be in great hands!! I am so happy that I am apart of this group! I only hope that I can learn enough from them to someday be as great as they all are. They have all set the bar pretty darn high!
Now that this entire situation is done and over, I can reflect a bit! I honestly can't think of a time that I have ever been this scared in my life. We all were. This situation could have turned out much worse. I'm thankful it didn't. I'm thankful for all my kids! I'm thankful Tommy was there to help out! I am thankful for the CC Rescue Squad. And honestly, I'm thankful for the training I had. Everyone needs to take a CPR class. It takes only a few hours, and it could save a life! (totally a commercial, but it is true!!)
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