The WORST Scare of my Life

Hailey gave us a good scare the other night. I was the most terrified I have ever been.

Here's what happened:

She had been flipping over her daddy's leg like it was a bar for about 20 minutes, and had been just fine. Ryan and I were visiting with his parents while she was being crazy. All of a sudden, she landed hard, with a LOUD thud, flat on her back, and her neck looked a little weird. She got up and reached out to Ryan and tried to cry. All that came out was a loud wail, then she went completely white and stopped breathing.

Ryan started gently shaking her telling her to breathe. She started breathing again, just in time for her to go totally limp, her eyes rolled back in her head, she passed out and stopped breathing AGAIN.

At this point, I was totally calm. And by totally calm, I really mean totally FREAKED OUT.

Ryan's parents were kind of in shock, sitting on the couch. Ryan was kind of shaking her, telling her to wake up. I didn't know what to do, so I screamed at Ryan's dad.

"DAD!! WHAT DO WE DO???? WHAT DO WE DOOOOOOOOOOO?????"

Ryan's dad jumped up and came over and gave Hailey a couple of hard shakes and she yelled "HONEY, WAKE UP!!!"

She started crying and breathing, albeit, her breathing was a little labored. But she was breathing.

This all happened in a matter of about a minute, but it felt like an ETERNITY to me.

She cried for a good 15 minutes, all the time telling me her head and her chest hurt. I asked if Ryan and his dad would give her a blessing before his parents went home.

She was fine, back to normal, almost before they walked out the door. I was so nervous all night about the oxygen her brain lost, even if it was for just a few seconds. She was back to normal before we put her to bed, but I kept worrying all night that she would wake up and slur her words, or not be able to talk at all. But she was fine. Perfect. Back to normal the next morning.

The whole experience made me think. I had had a VERY rough week with Hailey and was about at the end of my rope. The whole thing made me forget about what a rough week we had had, and made me appreciate her, and being her mom all over again.

I'm grateful to be a mom, Hailey's mom especially. I'm grateful for a husband who is a worthy Priesthood holder. But most of all, I'm grateful that Hailey is just fine.