On Saturday like most Saturdays we were a busy, busy family. My friend Kristin is expecting her 2nd baby and was having a shower since this was going to be her first boy! While getting ready our next door neighbors Sean and Tosha invited Dustin and the kids to go swimming at Tosha’s sisters. We had a pool at our house in Surprise and the kids have been dying to go especially since we’ve had such great weather lately! I thought nothing of it and was on my way. I had a great time at the shower but had to rush out since I had a photo shoot for a friend right after. At 3:30 I was about 40 minutes away from the house and got a frantic call from Dustin. He said something like “Bryson was in the pool and he isn’t breathing and they are going to airlift him to the hospital!” I said “I am turning around call me as soon as you know which hospital.” I was surprisingly calm until he hung up and I LOST IT!! Every horrible thought was going through my head. Is he going to be ok? Are we going to be ok? Is he asking for me? What the heck was Dustin doing? I called my sister and then my best friend both said they would meet me at the hospital. I then called Dustin again just as he was stepping onto the helicopter. He said they were taking him to Phoenix Children’s Hospital and that our neighbors had Rylee. So I called my sister again and had her send my brother in-law to pick up Rylee and drove as fast as I could to the hospital.
As soon as I got there I ran into the hospital trying to find him. I felt like I was in turbo mode and that everyone else was moving at the pace of a snail! I FINALLY found them and as soon as I walked into the room the tears came down. Bryson has always been a sick kid. He’s had asthma since he was a year and was hospitalized with the FLU, H1N1, Pneumonia, Broncular Infections etc… So to see him in the hospital is nothing new to us BUT this time was different!! My baby was strapped on a stretcher and was super pale. He looked scared and tired. I went over to him, grabbed his hand, kissed him on his head, and told him how much I loved him. I then looked over at Dustin and saw the fear in his eyes. He said Bryson was doing ok and just then the doctor walked in.
He asked us what happened and I looked at Dustin. I’m sure this was Dustin’s 87th time telling it but I wanted to know too!! He said that there were 8 adults in the pool and that he had walked over to the grill to check on the burgers. He said he heard Rylee scream and that he turned and saw the guys pulling him out of the pool. He said he was blue and that they did CPR. He then said Bryson threw up and was gasping for air. The tears just kept running down my face. I could only imagine how scared Bryson was and also how scared Dustin was. The tech came in to take Bryson to get an x-ray and make sure he didn’t have any broken ribs from the CPR. Dustin asked if he could go with and she said yes. As soon as he got up I gave him a kiss and a hug and I told him how much I loved him. No matter what I didn’t blame him! He’s such an amazing dad and I know he would never do anything to hurt our kids.
Well after watching him for 24 hours he was released and is back to his normal crazy self! I cannot thank God enough for saving him! We are so lucky and are truly grateful for every moment we have.
