we had a 999 situation
Posted in Chaos, Family on 12/03/2007 12:29 pm by GraceRemember about me talking about having a long weekend some days back? Well, I was actually talking about the weekend that just passed. We got three days off from work and school and although we actually thought of visiting some random neighboring country, we actually didn’t and would you believe, we, particularly, I, just stayed at home the whole time if you would not count the trip to the hospital.
Pristine had been feeling really bad since last Wednesday. I have not slept properly for days. Nothing to feel sorry about me, I have slowly mastered the art of staying up late at night and managed not to burn or cut my fingers in the kitchen the next morning.
We went to the hospital last Friday and was prescribed meds. She was starting to feel ok, playing and talking so much again. The next morning, when I was about to go out of the house for an errand, she asked me to stay. I stayed. In a span of minutes everything went too fast, in a blur. She complained of stomach ache at 8:30 when we were about to have breakfast (she woke up late). I carried her, after a minute, she screamed of pain. I took her to bed and took her undies off, then we’ll go to the toilet. She fell unconscious just like a piece of cloth held then dropped.
Her eyes were closed, unresponsive, face white and lips turning blue. I was so scared I carried her to a much wider room for more air, called out to the other people inside the house and called emergency number 999 and asked for an ambulance.
I know I have to be calm, but strangely, my frantic mom was calmer than I was. I have gone through febrile convulsions with my little girl before but never she has been unconscious, ever. What if she never wakes up on me?
I was crying while talking on the phone. It was so hard to explain about our location while looking at my baby not regaining consciousness. This is Dubai and the thought of rescue being delayed because of traffic scared the hell out of me. The man at the other end of the line told me ambulance is on its way and we need to go out.
I ran out in my house clothes: in my shirt (braless, gasp!!), house slippers and a pair of pants I slept with (a colorful pajama!). It was the least of things I could care of but thank goodness I was able to grab a cardigan to cover up.
The ambulance was waiting for us at the other end of the street. I ran towards it, cuddling my very weak daughter. It must have been the fastest run I had in my whole life. When she was laid to the stretcher, she was conscious and wide-eyed, wondering what had happened. The ambulance staff were efficient, professional and very responsive. Honestly, I did not expect them to be.
We were taken to Al Wasl Hospital where she was confined for a day, screened thoroughly. There was nothing to worry with the test results, all were normal. The fainting probably happened because she was taking a strong dose of antibiotics and with an empty stomach that morning and a weak body because of flu, she was not able to tolerate the pain.
It still sounds like a remote incident to me even now that she is discharged from the hospital and playing at home.
**The balloon ride we had as written in the post before this one was taken more than 2 weeks ago, not last weekend.**
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December 3rd, 2007 at 12:58 pm
Oh my god, how terrifying. Thank goodness she’s alright! I can’t imagine how you must have felt, my heart is pounding just from reading this!
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December 3rd, 2007 at 2:56 pm
Oh my God! I’m glad Pristine’s okay now. I hope she’s okay na.
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December 3rd, 2007 at 4:03 pm
Bloody HELL!!! I hope you are all ok now.
December 3rd, 2007 at 4:43 pm
That sounds really scary. I’m glad to hear it turned out ok, but I can imagine that you must have been going through hell in those minutes. Poor little girl, I hope she’ll be alright soon.
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December 3rd, 2007 at 6:22 pm
You go through the day thinking they’re indistructable for some of the chances they take, and then something like this happens! Poor baby! I’m glad you all made it through just fine.
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December 3rd, 2007 at 6:42 pm
I can’t imagine how terrifying that must have been. It makes sense under the circumstances, but how scary! Glad she’s doing better now and so are you!
December 3rd, 2007 at 7:00 pm
hope that you and your baby are doing ok…
December 3rd, 2007 at 7:14 pm
… too scary! i can’t imagine what i could have done if i was in your shoes! i’ll be hysterical!
i’m glad she’s better now!
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December 3rd, 2007 at 10:31 pm
I’m so glad to hear that it wasn’t anything more serious! I must say, though, that you handled the situation very well. I’m not sure I would have stayed so calm.
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December 3rd, 2007 at 11:28 pm
Oh my goodness. How scarey. Glad she is okay
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December 4th, 2007 at 5:42 am
that’s scary! i don’t know what to do if i were u….
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December 4th, 2007 at 7:28 am
thank God everything is now well.
that must have been really scary.
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December 4th, 2007 at 10:18 am
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December 4th, 2007 at 4:11 pm
i hope pristine is doing fine now… wahhh that is really scary..
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December 4th, 2007 at 4:31 pm
Thanks God Pristine is back to her cheerful ways. I missed her very much.
December 4th, 2007 at 8:29 pm
God… that was really scary. It’s good that you have your mom with you throughout the whole ordeal. Hope Pristine’s alright now…
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December 5th, 2007 at 5:47 am
I hope P is better now. Sickness always scare if me…especially if it’s with one of the the members of my family. And so much more if it’s my son. Prayers for you, my friend.
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December 5th, 2007 at 11:43 pm
I’ve been so buried with work I haven’t visited in a few days, and had no idea about this. I’m really sorry you had to endure that. I haven’t had this happen with my children, but I know the deep panic and fear that can strike you. My husband had a grand mal seizure - out of the blue - three years ago. I had never seen one before, and thought he had died of a heart attack in my arms. He was unconscious, pale, blue lips… The paralyzing fear and crazy thoughts that go through your head…and bad dreams for a long time! Blessings to you.
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December 6th, 2007 at 8:43 am
That was really scary… I would have panicked if I were you.
Thank God Pristine’s already OK.