I choked on a piece of chicken and it lodged in a bad place. Could not cough it out or talk. DH did the Heimlich maneuver twice and it dislodged enough that I could cough it out. It was at supper, with all the kids watching. As I was hyperventilating and beginning to black out, I could only think that my children were watching me go down. After all my DH has been thru, I didn't want them to see this. However, I was able to make myself calm down a bit when I realized it dislodged enough so I could get a little air thru and I did not faint.
This has been a very stressful month anyway, so this was just another day in our household. DH had his 13th heart cath a couple of weeks ago (an old stent had scarred over). Then DD's husband beat her for the 3rd time and the police told her that she could not violate the no-contact order. Well, she did and was arrested with him, so we have their 15 month-old baby. (We just don't understand why she doesn't walk away, especially since it got her in trouble. She has been completely drug-free, a good mother, and doing exceedingly well. She had learned her hard lessons but allowed him to manipulate her.) Then, DH accidentally inhaled a massive amount of chlorine fumes when he opened an old bucket of pool chlorine tablets, which took us back to the ER yet another time. I have had my hands full with a 15-month old that has a different schedule than ours and is out of his comfort zone, giving me major sleep deprivation.
I am so grateful that DH was home when it happened. If it had been just me and the kids....... well, I don't think I would have gotten it out by myself and 911 might have been too late. I know it really scared our teen DS. He understands that his Dad has had too many close calls and knows that every heart cath could be the last. He never thought about anything happening to me until he saw it.
..... and it was good chicken, too! I made a new recipe of Parmesan Crusted Chicken that was perfect. Not sure when I will make it again though.........
This has been a very stressful month anyway, so this was just another day in our household. DH had his 13th heart cath a couple of weeks ago (an old stent had scarred over). Then DD's husband beat her for the 3rd time and the police told her that she could not violate the no-contact order. Well, she did and was arrested with him, so we have their 15 month-old baby. (We just don't understand why she doesn't walk away, especially since it got her in trouble. She has been completely drug-free, a good mother, and doing exceedingly well. She had learned her hard lessons but allowed him to manipulate her.) Then, DH accidentally inhaled a massive amount of chlorine fumes when he opened an old bucket of pool chlorine tablets, which took us back to the ER yet another time. I have had my hands full with a 15-month old that has a different schedule than ours and is out of his comfort zone, giving me major sleep deprivation.
I am so grateful that DH was home when it happened. If it had been just me and the kids....... well, I don't think I would have gotten it out by myself and 911 might have been too late. I know it really scared our teen DS. He understands that his Dad has had too many close calls and knows that every heart cath could be the last. He never thought about anything happening to me until he saw it.
..... and it was good chicken, too! I made a new recipe of Parmesan Crusted Chicken that was perfect. Not sure when I will make it again though.........
Can't believe what you just went through. Thank God you were saved by your husband. He needs you around as do the children! 
