Swimming Pool Monologue
Swimming was just not my strong point. As an adolescent, someone jumped onto me in a swimming pool, and it made me go under unexpectedly, and it scared the living daylights out of me. I tried to avoid going into any swimming pools in those days, so my intentions for this gathering was to just be a bystander. Several people were in the swimming pool and several people were sitting alongside the pool. Only a few of the toddlers were in the pool with a parent. Children were tossing the ball around as others were jumping from the diving board, as water was splashing from all directions. There was lots of hollering and loud music playing, everyone was having a grand ole time. As the day progressed, I finally decide to put my fears aside and
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As the father immediately began CPR, Mikie’s lips were already purple and his skin was beginning to turn pale. Mikie’s mother was hysterical as she watched her husband perform CPR on her little, baby boy. What seemed like a lifetime, the father painstakingly performed CPR. Within a minute, or so, Mikie spat out water. He gasped for air, then, he began to sob. A comfort came over everyone as they were watching in panic. The father and mother tried to console Mikie as he continued to cry. About ten to fifteen minutes later, emergency responders arrived at the scene. At some point through all the midst of the ordeal, we hadn’t realized that someone called emergency responders. It all just happened so quickly. The parents handed over Mikie to the paramedics so they could check him over before they departed for the hospital. The paramedics checked his heart rate and tried to place an oxygen tube on his face but he resisted. To distract the toddler, the paramedic gave him an oxygen mask to play with until he was able to place the oxygen tube again, and that appeared to have worked. Once the paramedics were able to stabilize Mikie, they proceeded to transport him to the hospital. As the ambulance drove away, the mother stayed close to her little boy in the back of the
As the father immediately began CPR, Mikie’s lips were already purple and his skin was beginning to turn pale. Mikie’s mother was hysterical as she watched her husband perform CPR on her little, baby boy. What seemed like a lifetime, the father painstakingly performed CPR. Within a minute, or so, Mikie spat out water. He gasped for air, then, he began to sob. A comfort came over everyone as they were watching in panic. The father and mother tried to console Mikie as he continued to cry. About ten to fifteen minutes later, emergency responders arrived at the scene. At some point through all the midst of the ordeal, we hadn’t realized that someone called emergency responders. It all just happened so quickly. The parents handed over Mikie to the paramedics so they could check him over before they departed for the hospital. The paramedics checked his heart rate and tried to place an oxygen tube on his face but he resisted. To distract the toddler, the paramedic gave him an oxygen mask to play with until he was able to place the oxygen tube again, and that appeared to have worked. Once the paramedics were able to stabilize Mikie, they proceeded to transport him to the hospital. As the ambulance drove away, the mother stayed close to her little boy in the back of the