...just kidding...well almost. I think I'll banned all round shape candies. My youngest daughter wanted to go see her dad at the office so I brought her. Before we left she went in their kitchen and grab 2-3 small round (like small balls) shaped candies. Put one in her mouth, by the time I was driving at the corner of a street ready to ake a turn, she slam open the rear door, bend forward, I turn around and look at her and say "Kellie, what are you doing?" then she opens her mouth wide, kinda like she wants to vomit and for a second I don't understand, she was perfectly fine the minute before. I ask "Kellie are you OK??" Then she puts her hands around her neck and then I "clicked" and knew what was going on. I get out of the car in panic, starts waving my arms in the air for someone to stop and help. I unbuckled my daughter, grab her in my arms and get her out of the car...she was chocking more and more, grabbing her neck...life leaving me as I felt helpless, not knowing how to help my own daughter. I called 911, about 5-6 cars were already stopped all around us, a lady yelling "Does anyone know how to do "ips....maneuver" and she was shaking my daughter, I was telling her to stop shaking her like that in fear the candy would lodge even deeper...For a second I turned around to look for the name of the street I was on to give 911 operator, and someone yelled at me she got it out...I rushed to her, vomit at her feet and the stupid candy in it.
A nurse apparently stopped by, looked at my daughter's face to make sure her eyes were ok..?? then I said thank you to everyone and they left...my little girl was pale like the moon, sweaty (it's f*ckin hot outside) and extremly calm. I sat her in the car with A/C next to me. One thing that PISSES me off in all this is that "I KNEW" how to do that maneuver, I had to learn it a few years ago. But somehow, it all went down the drain seeing my daughter like this. I could not even help her, or was afraid to, in fear of aggravating the situation.
I felt like an awful mother out there. I'm just glad she is OK now, altho she feels pain in her throat, and she is VERY quiet now. I want her to start arguying with her sister again...