Posted by (+757) 9 years ago
On about Thursday, March 6th, my nephew James (age 7) and his twin sister was at a friend of his sisters birthday party at a water venue in Billings.
He was noticed missing and they searched for him. They found him at the bottom of the pool. It took them minutes to find him once they noticed him missing, and more minutes to get him out of the swimming pool. They resuscitated him 2 different times. When he arrived at the hospital, the nurses and doctors said that some chemical in the body was at such a high level that they could tell he had been under the water for about 12 to 15 minutes. His body temperature was 90. All his organs had apparently shut down. For a couple of days he struggled in the hospital but they finally got him to keep food down.
His grandmother, my sister, was told that medicaid would no longer pay for him to be in the hospital and he would have to finish his recovery at home.
I went up Saturday to see him. I could not have been able to know he had went through all of that by seeing him. He was playing hard, having fun.
The doctors say that the low body temperature made it so his brain did not need as much oxygen, and that kept him from having any brain damage.
He gets tired quite a bit but other than that he is doing great.
He was noticed missing and they searched for him. They found him at the bottom of the pool. It took them minutes to find him once they noticed him missing, and more minutes to get him out of the swimming pool. They resuscitated him 2 different times. When he arrived at the hospital, the nurses and doctors said that some chemical in the body was at such a high level that they could tell he had been under the water for about 12 to 15 minutes. His body temperature was 90. All his organs had apparently shut down. For a couple of days he struggled in the hospital but they finally got him to keep food down.
His grandmother, my sister, was told that medicaid would no longer pay for him to be in the hospital and he would have to finish his recovery at home.
I went up Saturday to see him. I could not have been able to know he had went through all of that by seeing him. He was playing hard, having fun.
The doctors say that the low body temperature made it so his brain did not need as much oxygen, and that kept him from having any brain damage.
He gets tired quite a bit but other than that he is doing great.