A Canadian mother of an infant credits 91裸聊视频渜uick and professional91裸聊视频� efforts of U.S. border officers with saving the life of her six-month-old girl after she stopped breathing in the Pacific Highway lineup last week.
91裸聊视频淚f she didn91裸聊视频檛 start breathing when she did, it would have been a very different headline,91裸聊视频� the baby91裸聊视频檚 mom told Peace Arch News Wednesday, after an initial report quoting US Customs and Border Protection.
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The mother 91裸聊视频� a South Surrey woman who asked to not be identified 91裸聊视频� said she was in line waiting to go to Blaine when she noticed something wasn91裸聊视频檛 right with her daughter, who had just woken from a nap.
91裸聊视频淚 watched the whole thing in the rear-view mirror,91裸聊视频� the shaken, but relieved mother recounted of the scene that unfolded on the afternoon of Sept. 7.
91裸聊视频淚 really thought she91裸聊视频檇 died.91裸聊视频�
The mother explained that she was just about at the customs booth when she realized her daughter was in medical distress.
91裸聊视频淗er head kind of cranked to the side and I saw her arms go up and they were shaking.
91裸聊视频淚 put the car in park and I screamed for help as I was opening her back door. I knew something was terribly wrong.91裸聊视频�
As border officers and fellow travellers ran to assist, the infant started to turn blue.
91裸聊视频淚 thought I was holding my dead baby,91裸聊视频� the mom said.
The strangers took the infant, and, according to a news release issued Monday by US Customs and Border Protection, 91裸聊视频淐BP officers were able to re-establish breathing in the infant.91裸聊视频�
The mom estimated her daughter came to after about 90 seconds.
North Whatcom EMTs responded to the scene, and the mother and daughter were transferred back to Canada, then to Surrey Memorial Hospital. The mom said she was told the seizure was likely due to a sudden spike in fever, and said she wants parents to be aware that something like that can happen without warning.
The mother 91裸聊视频� talking to PAN via phone, as her infant could be heard gurgling happily in the background 91裸聊视频� said she also wants to thank those who helped last week. Border officers and fellow travellers all rushed to the family91裸聊视频檚 side.
91裸聊视频淭here were so many people that came out of their cars, and the border guards 91裸聊视频� I have no way of thanking them or letting them know what actually happened to her, and that she91裸聊视频檚 OK.
91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檓 just so grateful for those guys that, literally, held me up. They all came running and were so loving and so concerned, obviously.
91裸聊视频淭o see a mom and baby going through that, is something that91裸聊视频檚 not even in horror movies,91裸聊视频� she said.
The infant is 91裸聊视频渂ack to herself,91裸聊视频� her mom added.
In Monday91裸聊视频檚 CBP news release, area port director Kenneth Williams said the scenario 91裸聊视频減ortrays CBP91裸聊视频檚 commitment to protect and serve our communities and the travelling public.91裸聊视频�
