MedicPrincess
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We have been having a rash of Pediatric Fresh Water drownings as of late. With the heat wave on, and temps reaching 116 (heat index) everyone is seeking a way to cool off.
A week ago my partner and I had a 6 yo F, seizure history, found at the bottom of a hotel swimming pool.
Three days ago a 20 month old was found in the "kiddie pool" in their back yard.
Two days ago 1 year old was pulled from the neighbors pool.
Today, my roommate called me and told me she ran a 2 year old.
Starting to suck a little. The tones go off and you can almost feel the breath be held in the room, waiting for the "Delta response for a drowning" to come out. Kind of frustrating too....these are babies that shouldn't be out of their parents site, let alone in the neighbors pool, or in their pools alone.
I KNOW its impossible to watch your child every single second of the day. But when you a swimming pool, you have to be that much more diligent. I have a pool. My son is 9, and a decent swimmer. I still have the screen doors to the pool locked, and the keys are on my car keys ring and my roommates car keys ring. I am less worried about my son drowning (he has a healthy sense of what might hurt him) than I am about the neighbors kid getting in while we are gone from the house for 48 hrs at a time.
A week ago my partner and I had a 6 yo F, seizure history, found at the bottom of a hotel swimming pool.
Three days ago a 20 month old was found in the "kiddie pool" in their back yard.
Two days ago 1 year old was pulled from the neighbors pool.
Today, my roommate called me and told me she ran a 2 year old.
Starting to suck a little. The tones go off and you can almost feel the breath be held in the room, waiting for the "Delta response for a drowning" to come out. Kind of frustrating too....these are babies that shouldn't be out of their parents site, let alone in the neighbors pool, or in their pools alone.
I KNOW its impossible to watch your child every single second of the day. But when you a swimming pool, you have to be that much more diligent. I have a pool. My son is 9, and a decent swimmer. I still have the screen doors to the pool locked, and the keys are on my car keys ring and my roommates car keys ring. I am less worried about my son drowning (he has a healthy sense of what might hurt him) than I am about the neighbors kid getting in while we are gone from the house for 48 hrs at a time.
