Well, in about four years I have never once had to perform the heimlich maneuver on anyone for any reason.
Tonight, during eating dinner with my grandparents my grandmother had an obstruction. She was coughing at first, then she completely got quiet. I encouraged her to cough for about 10 seconds before I realized that, that just wasn't going to happen and decided that it was time to intervene.
Now I know this is really, REALLY simple first aid and that it's not even that big of a deal at all but WHY can I not get doing this out of my head!? Did I do something wrong? Did I wait to long? Really, I know it's not a big deal but I keep thinking about the moment and just can't get it out of my head (she's perfectly fine, we went back to eating dinner) but for goodness sake I'm a guy and was almost to tears! I just don't know what it was. Perhaps it was the fact that it was my grandmother?
Ugh, who knows. I don't even know what I expect to get out of this post. But thanks for reading!
