Narrative Essay About My Cpr Story

This is a true story about a time when I saved someones life using CPR. These events took place in our home, where my husband was recovering from having foot surgery. My husband, Danny, is a guy's guy. When he had hurt himself he told me "it's just a sprain." A few months later, and after a visit from a pedietrist, he found himself getting ready for surgery. His doctor told him they needed to repair his torn ligaments and tendons. After the surgery, he was in a cast up to his knee. While on bed rest for a few weeks I was his care taker. Little did I know that I would be doing a lot more that just that. At that time, I was working full time for the D.L.D. (Drivers License Division) Our daughter had just turned one years old that same month. I found myself juggling life as best as I could. Then that fatefull day came. It was a saturday, in late June. That day we had gone over to Danny's parents house for a birthday party for our nephew. It was the first day in over a week that Danny had left the house. On crutches, he was still playfull with his sisters while we visited. I remember we ate hamburgers and had milk shakes. Danny helped himself to two hamburgers and was rather full as we left. When we returned home, I began the bed time routine. I was able to get our daughter down to sleep quite easily, and found that I was pretty tired …show more content…
Without hesitation I pinched his nose and gave him a breath with my mouth. "Danny!" I screamed. Nothing. I gave him another breath, and another, and another. Nothing. I started to do chest compressions, but found that I didn't seem to have the strength in my arms to feel that I was being of any use. Adrenaline kicked in. My thoughts were racing. I thought "I need help, NOW!" "where is my phone?" I then remembered that my cell phone was sitting on my in-laws piano bench back at their house. Oh the irony. That I can remember were I left my cell phone but can't seem to remember to put it back in my