A very depressing post.

The Today show January 7th 2010 aired a chilling 911 call from a desperate mother who's 1 year old son had gotten caught in a soccer goal in the families back yard. The child was not breathing.
Today aired this to bring up the issue that the poor mother did not recieve help during this horrific call, she was actually treated as if she had purposely hurt her child herself.
She is now out trying to make awareness that there are untrained 911 operators and that they should never let an operator who is untrained and unable to help someone to take these calls.

My family has had to call 911 before and the operator was very helpful and offered up things to do while we waited for the ambulance and fire department to arrive. They usually try to tell you that help is on the way, and try to help you and give you tips on things you can try to help your loved one out while you wait. Things they say sometimes actually result in us saving our loved ones life because of the help of the operator.
I truly appreciate the men and women who are strong enough to take these sad and painful calls and help these people out. So in no way am I bashing 911 operators in this post. I am simply upset at this particular operator and how he treated this poor women.

I was getting ready this morning and was watching the today show since my stupid radio in my bedroom doesn't work anymore.
Anyways, this poor women was on the show. She was a mother of a 1 and 4 year old little boys. She was watching cartoons with the boys and dozed off with them all three on the couch. Somehow the 1 year old got up and wandered to the back door, managed to open it without being heard and went outside to play. His mother woke up not long after and noticed he wasn't on the couch with her and the 4 year old. Started searching and found him hanging from the soccer goal in the back yard. She called 911 and was screaming "help me, help me, he's not breathing" and she kept screaming "please Matthew don't leave me, don't leave mommy".

She screamed and begged for help, she was hysterical, it was heartbreaking. She had no idea what to do, she kept begging the 911-operator to tell her what to do, "what do I need to do" "Please help me". (my quotes may not be perfect, but this is the basic gist of what she was saying).
I started crying so hard and couldn't stop watching this no matter how sad and depressing it was.

Needless to say, the baby died. They showed all these pictures of him and home videos, he was a sweet innocent little 1 year old. Such a beautiful little boy. The mother didn't necessarily do anything wrong. She just dozed off with her two boys right there on the couch with her. Never even imagined something like that could ever happen. Its not like she let him go outside alone and play.
The 911 operator was horrific. He kept telling her to calm down. It was insane. Sure a mother with a child that is blue in the face, not breathing is going to "calm down". The 911 operator told her to calm down about 8-12 times and even says to someone in the office with him out loud on the phone with this poor helpless mother "she says the baby got caught in the soccer net, or maybe she put him in it" or something horrific like that. It was crazy. Now the family is on the today show trying to talk about what a flawed 911 system we have and how they didn't help her at all. They were actually busy accusing her of killing him instead of helping her. They didn't even offer her advice on what to do to try to save him.
I cried, Had to force myself to turn this off. It was so sad. All I could think of was my sweet baby Cooper and how absolutely life killing it would be to me if something was to ever happen to him. I prayed all the way to work about the family and about our son and future kids.
So sad. It just tears me up inside. Especially now that we have a son. Listening to that recording of her 911 call was bone chilling. I wish I hadn't heard it but I guess it will just make me even more nervous and careful with Cooper. Overly protective is fine with me as long as it prevents accidents with our baby boy. I hear people say that they are afraid that they are too protective and careful with there kids. I understand you can't put them in a bubble. But this is proof that there are things you need to be extra careful about and try to eliminate any hazard. They probably never realized that the soccer net was a hazard, they were always outside with the kids when they were out there. Never did it occur to them that he might wander out there alone, ever.

I prayed and prayed for this poor family, I prayed for my family. I told God that I don't understand why this sort of thing has to happen to these sweet children. But I trust that God has his reason and I prayed so much that he would watch over my own baby and keep him healthy and safe from harm.
Such a tragedy.

I use this blog as a journal of my sons milestones and daily life. Of our families life. I use this blog as a place to let out my feelings. This is bothering me, this story. So I had to share it and honestly I don't want to talk about it out loud because I don't want to depress everyone I'm around so I will post it on here. I apologize If I depressed any of you by posting this. I just had to talk about it to someone because as a mother we all have our fears and worries and this just hit home.
God is the only person we can look too to watch over our sweet families and babies. So I put my trust in God.