My own gremlins

Its a fab day today, so i thought i would get up and get done every outdoor job i have been trying to do since before christmas !!
Visited the garden centre today, but really wished i hadn't..........
my littlest one decided to through a wobbly, well correction, actually it was a fully blown bloody screaming session all because I said she couldn't have a chocolate bar!!!
You know what its like, your shopping and all of a sudden you hear the screams and you know that some child is objecting to something!!
The tantrums start!!!
Well this sunday it was my child!!!!!!!!!!!
It is amazing how many people stop and stare, when you trying you best to explain that lunch is in ten mins away and noway can they have a chocolate bar!!
All those eyes staring and minds working on the theory that this poor child was being hard done by!
The tuts and sighs........
ERRR"HELLO"
"She wants a chocolate bar and probably a good sleep since she was up at 5.00am"!!
"I only said no"!!
Anyway with child asleep on my shoulder i manage to wind my way across the carpark. Its amazing how many people stop to let you cross one arm around the child and the other trying to push a trolley! One older member of the human race decided that his 3 point turn into a 50 foot parking space would result in mounting the kerb and nearly wiping me, my daughter and my trolley off the planet it was only my cry of "STOP" that prevented us from becoming the latest patient!
After 2 hours of gardening, eating lunch and drinking a cup of tea i manage to sit down and just closed my eyes when the familiar "Bleep,Bleep" brought me to my senses.

The text read"breathing problems"..

"yes please" was the reply to the enevitable question of "do you want me to attend?"

This was about 1 mile from my house, on the outskirts of town, but being a sunday it would probably only take me 3 mins or so and the crew were coming from out of town so I would be there before them.
The house was difficult to find, every house in the street was named not numbered so it was case of slowly kerb crawling past 40 or so houses to find the right one!
Needless to say i went straight past it and had to turn around and do the same thing on the way back.
This time there was a person outside obviously waiting for something. I drove up to him and he confirmed that i was indeed in the right place. The patient was less than 3 days old!!
This is my nightmare! Its the one thing i am totally terrified about!
You see...................
I had to revive my littlest one at the age of 13 months. She grabbed a hand full of crisps and shoved them into her mouth. She was so quick.............. she started choking, stopped breathing and turned blue! I had to resusitate her and i always said i could never, ever do it again.
My own fear was only just bearable..................... I walked briskly , it was a beautiful richly decorated room with exposed cotswold stone. The one thing that struck me about the room was it was so hot, I immediately asked if we could open the door even if ony for a few seconds...............
Tthe infant was so quiet, with obvious laboured breathing , I asked mum to very gently wipe the tiny mouth with the tip of her little finger, It was full of mucus and the poor little thing couldn't get rid of it herself. I was shaking so much and i felt so sick i can't begin to express it in words, I set up the oxygen with a mask and gently wafted the mask a little way from the baby's face. To my great relief, the baby coughed and spluttered and took a huge gulp of air, she screamed, within a few seconds her colour turned really red and she started to breathe so much better.
My eyes were starting to sting and i was willing them not to well up!! I am always pleased to see the crew but in this instance I could have kissed him! I spent 40mins observing the obs and tests and listening to the questions he was asking the new mum and my greatest moment was when he said...
"her obs are good, everything was done before i got here",
I hope that i have now put my gremlins to bed!
I have to admit I gave my little one a extra big cuddle at bed time tonight and said an extra "thank you god"...........