As graduation time nears, please, PLEASE talk to your teens...

[starrzone]

My brother (turned 18 on Saturday!) was at a party on Saturday night. He and a couple other boys got a drive home at 2am with one of the boys' dads.

I guess around 4am, 2 boys- A and D- went back to D's house. D, who had had too much to drink, decided to get in his pool to show A (who does not drink and who was sober) one of his "talents": swimming underwater for a prolonged period of time while holding his breath. Well, it seems that D passed out while doing this. A, by the grace of God, managed to pull D out of the pool, and ran to get D's brother E, who is a head counselor at a kids' camp and knows lifesaving and CPR. E revived D, and I believe at that point E and D's parents (a doctor and a nurse) took D to the hospital or called an ambulance.

Yes, teens can make dumb decisions. Yes, they do things they shouldn't have. This could have turned out very, very differently...these kids were exactly 3 weeks away from graduating when this happened. Give your teen an extra hug tonight, and stress to them the importance of good decision making AND knowing CPR

p.s.- D was in the hospital Saturday and Sunday nights, and was back in school this afternoon. He's ok!

 

[tinkerbowler]

My brother (turned 18 on Saturday!) was at a party on Saturday night. He and a couple other boys got a drive home at 2am with one of the boys' dads.

I guess around 4am, 2 boys- A and D- went back to D's house. D, who had had too much to drink, decided to get in his pool to show A (who does not drink and who was sober) one of his "talents": swimming underwater for a prolonged period of time while holding his breath. Well, it seems that D passed out while doing this. A, by the grace of God, managed to pull D out of the pool, and ran to get D's brother E, who is a head counselor at a kids' camp and knows lifesaving and CPR. E revived D, and I believe at that point E and D's parents (a doctor and a nurse) took D to the hospital or called an ambulance.

Yes, teens can make dumb decisions. Yes, they do things they shouldn't have. This could have turned out very, very differently...these kids were exactly 3 weeks away from graduating when this happened. Give your teen an extra hug tonight, and stress to them the importance of good decision making AND knowing CPR

p.s.- D was in the hospital Saturday and Sunday nights, and was back in school this afternoon. He's ok!

I am glad that D is okay. That is rather sad that something like this had happened. But it is lucky that D's brother was a camp counselor and his parents were both in the medical profession....

 

[C.Ann]

Prom time and graduations - I'm always holding my breath.. So afraid I will hear on the news that some vibrant, young people - just beginning their lives - have had them snuffed out by one bad decision..

So glad things turned out well in this case..