yesterday was quite a dramatic day at work. actually no, i take that back, it was a very dramatic day. while the boys were playing football outside, i noticed that someone was lying on the ground at the far end of the pitch. as i started walking towards him, another child came running up the field very quickly, i shouted to him what was wrong and he said "he's shaking". so i asked who it was as i started running towards him. the answer came back, oliver.
when i arrived, i saw that mac had been right, oliver was lying at an unusual angle on the floor and his whole body was twitching. his eyes had rolled to one side and he didn't respond to anything i said. this is what i mean by mental take over because i am a panicker, and i would have thought that something like that would totally freak me out. yet something inside me totally took over and i immediately knew what to do. i called for claire (the boss) to come over and asked the other children to move away.
the ambulance arrived and took oliver away. he looked so small lying on the ground with an oxygen mask on. we took everyone else inside and kept calm trying to stop them from re-enacting the whole thing and to keep them away from the windows. one little girl was very confused and thought that the police were here to take someone away.
when i think over what happened it all seems so surreal. i don't think and any point i was actually thinking about what i was doing. i just did. it amazes me how the human mind is able to take over and be rational in times of complete emergency. there's no time to think, you just have to do. i don't understand why or how it works, but i thank God with all my heart that we have this instinct within us.
and hopefully oliver will be alright.
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aw poor wee guy! Let us know what happens to him! Well done for not happening, i would've probably freaked out like you said you would've! xx
I hope Oliver is ok...
its amazing! i always thought in a situation like that id panic too, but its like ur brain just tells u its not about u and ur panic anymore but about the person in trouble/sick and you get a calm...thing, (cant think of anygood describing words just now!)it just takes over and you stay calm! God is amazing with his grace in that way!
the panic sets in after!
hope hes ok! yeah let us know!
xxx
I saw Oliver today, he's back at school and is ok. I don't know what this will mean for him now, whether he'll be tested/diagnosed/treated for anything, but at the moment he is ok.
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