Praising God for His Faithfulness

Yesterday the Lord showed Himself faithful as He protected Megan and allowed me to save her life.

At 3:30ish yesterday afternoon Megan was napping. Will was at Home Depot and I was on the couch taking a break from my projects for a few minutes. Will has said several times that our baby monitor is his favorite channel - we have a video monitor. I was watching TV and would peak at Megan to watch her sleep - she is such a cute sleeper it is hard not to watch her. I heard her wake up so I checked the monitor to see if she had gotten a full nap. If she gets a full nap she wakes up happy and will play. If she didn't get a full nap about 2-3 minutes after she wakes up she starts crying. I wasn't sure what time she went to sleep so I didn't know how long it had been, thus I was watching to see if she would play or cry. She stretched for a couple of minutes and then started playing. I shut off the screen (saves the battery) and went back to watching TV. About 3-4 minutes later I heard a very, very faint gasping type noise. I grabbed the monitor and turned the screen back on. Megan was laying on her back, clearly choking - she was clapping her hands and waving her arms frantically and trying to breathe. I jumped off of the couch and ran upstairs to get her. I picked her up - turned her upside down and hit her on the back hard (the thrust thing) to try to free her airway. After a few seconds she started screaming, obviously able to breathe again. I sat her on the changing table to look in her mouth - nothing had come out when I was hitting her. After about 20 seconds of screaming she stopped breathing again - she had screamed the obstruction back into her airway --- I picked her up and did the thrusting process again; the obstruction cleared enough so she could breathe and she started screaming again - this cycle continued for about 10 minutes with her not being able to breathe every 1-2 minutes (probably less time than that but it felt like 30 minutes so I am guessing it was less).

During this time I kept "sweeping" her mouth for something, I tried using the bulb syringe to help and I continued to use the thrust when she was choking. Finally, after clearing, at least partially, her airway again I managed to get her to stop screaming after only a few seconds - not giving her time to repeat the cycle. After keeping her relatively calm for 4-5 minutes I was able to get her to drink some water. As soon as she drank several swallows she was good to go - no more obstruction issues.

At one point during the cycle I managed to call Will and tell him to drive safe, but to get home. I wasn't sure how long the choking was going to last and if I could continue to open her airway - I needed some help. Megan was screaming at the time that I called him. By the time he arrived home she had been drinking her water for several minutes and was breathing just fine. He told me he couldn't understand what I said to him because of Megan but he knew he needed to come home. He took Megan from me but she just wanted mommy. For the rest of the day she didn't let me leave her sight. She was okay playing in the floor, or with daddy as long as she could see me. Will said she knew that I had saved her and she wanted to keep me around.

After she was back to normal and playing I wanted to leave the room and go cry - I had managed to hold it together for her but I was a wreck - since she wouldn't let me leave the room I didn't get that chance.

For the rest of the day I struggled with my brain vs my spirit. I knew in my spirit that God had made sure I was aware that Megan needed help. My brain, however, was in fear - afraid that if I had been working in the laundry room, or garage - like I had been before taking a break - that I wouldn't have heard the gasping sound. The sound she made was barely audible - if the monitor had been on my pocket and I had been making noise moving stuff around there is no way I would have heard it. Afraid that she would have choked to death. After much prayer I was finally able to find peace. I was able to go to sleep last night without worry, knowing that if Megan needed us God would wake us up.

Megan is our miracle and as we continue to stand in faith for her health and well-being, God continues to watch over her.