Kate Stopped Breathing!!!

Well I think Greg and I have never been so scared in our lives. We went up with some family to a family cabin and we were just sitting around the fire having a good time. Kate was sitting in my lap and when I looked down at her hands they were purple. I stood up with her and started patting her back and just watched her. About one minute had passed and her whole body was blue and was was shaking really bad. I kept trying to make her smile and she was just very lathergic. Greg got up and said that we needed to get her down the mountain and to a hospital. Greg and family gave ger a quick blessing and off we went.

The weather was very cold and the roads very icy. I didn't think that we were going to get down in time to get her help. We were about half way down the mountain when she got really rigid and stiff and she was just barely breathing. What was even scarier was the fact that you get no cell phone reception up there. Well Greg said a prayer while we were driving and right after we said amen Gregs brother opened his phone and he had all of his bars on his phone. He called 911 so that they knew we were coming down the mountain.

At that point Kate was as stiff as a board and her eyes were rolled back in her head. I thought for sure we were going to loose her. Well we got down to the base of the mountain and there came an EMT. I have never been so happy to see someone like that before. He opened the door where me and Kate were sitting and he put an oxygen mask on her. The ambulance came shortly after that and we were off to the hospital. When we got there her oxygen level was at 80%. They say it is very dangerous if it ever gets under 90%. They took her temp. and it was 104 degrees. Well thy got her fever under control and she started to do much better. They took some x-rays of her chest and they were all clear. We are very blessed that she is okay. They dont really know what happened. The doctor said it was a good thing that it happened when she was awake because if it would have happened when she was asleep it could have been sudden infant death. When the doctor said that I realized then how lucky we were that she was okay. They released us to go at about one in the morning. She has a little ear infection, but other wise very healthy. I had a follow up apointment the next morning with her doctor. They said that she would be just fine. She thinks that she might have had a seizer but that they will never know for sure. It all started with the ear infection. The fever was the first sign and because we were at very high altitude her body went into to shock because of the oxygen was thinner up there. Her little body started to shut down to try to save her brain from the fever.

What I get out of this experience is to always cherish your children. You never know when something bad will happen to them. My family is so lucky to have the priesthood in our house so that when bad things happen, Greg can give us a blessing. I just want to say that I am lucky to live were I do, to have the family and friends that loves me and cares for me. I love Greg very much. He means the world to me and our children. We are so blessed to be members of the only true church. I know that Jesus Christ hears and answers our prayers, and that he knows what we need and trys to lighten our burdens if we just try to do what is right. I know that he loves me and my family and wants us to be happy. I hope that nothing like that ever happens again.