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uh I don't know how we

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came across the boy , but uh started

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major told me a doctor ready to drop

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the ramp uh came out on uh it

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was a little melee going on . I rushed

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up to it . Uh my father had his uh

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boy kind of positive around their uh

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freaking out a little bit and I asked

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me if I was a doctor , I said yes , you

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have to look at the boy . Uh at that

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point I uh noticed the boy was wet and

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I noticed he wasn't breathing . So I uh

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I just turned him around and held him

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uh held his face in my palm , uh got a

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little assistance with him up because

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he was uh about two years old , uh hit

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him in the back a couple times uh

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downward motion kind of forcefully

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uh water come out of his

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mouth . And that's when I felt him

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first breathe again . Uh So I

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I got him laid down and he was

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breathing about once every 15 seconds

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or so , kind of labored . So I tried to

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readjust his uh baby's airway and

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uh had a couple of times , I don't know

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if that helps or not , but after about

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a minute or two he seemed to be

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breathing without as much uh as much

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labor uh at that point he took the baby

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inside the house and uh I'm not sure

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how long the baby was without oxygen

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unattended in the in the pool of water .

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But uh his experience and

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uh I noticed she was very cool , very

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cool . So we took him inside treated

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for hypothermia . Uh , just had him ,

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uh , actually , Sergeant Thompson

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mentioned that we should uh , put him

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up against another body for some war .

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So we had a couple of kerosene heaters

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in there and uh , and that his mother

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had a hold of them , uh , just

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monitored him from there and the baby's

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condition seemed to be improving , uh ,

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monitored him , taking vital signs , uh ,

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every 15 minutes or so for what felt

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like about 45 minutes . And then , uh ,

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the JCC ambulance uh , arrived and

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uh , we , uh , handed the patient over .

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Well , I did , I did assume ,

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you know , maybe the child was dead

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when I come up there . I noticed how

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limp it wasn't from the facial

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expressions around me . Uh , I didn't

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really have time to be nervous because

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I didn't know what to expect when I

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came up and all of a sudden it was kind

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of trust on me . So , uh , I really

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have time to think about it . Just grab

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ahold of baby , turned him upside down

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him a couple times in the water came

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out . So , it was really pretty simple .

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And then , uh , one time I got started

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getting nervous and think about it was

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when we were inside , put the child

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because I had never seen a child like ,

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uh , that age and that kind of

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condition , you know , uh , who's

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taking care of uh , inhalation

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victims . Uh , Iraqi nationals , uh ,

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in the past , uh , you don't know what

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to expect , but I certainly wouldn't ,

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uh , wouldn't just assume that

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everybody I treat is going to be a

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soldier in our army . I treated Iraqi

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nationals and Iraqi soldiers . And uh ,

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my friends have treated uh , treated

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regular civilians as well . Uh , I

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feel good . I mean ,

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uh , I feel

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good , uh , that you , uh , just

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that when I have a whole lot to do with

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me . I mean , I got up there , I had ,

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uh , whatever training was necessary

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for that situation and I was just in

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God's hands . Other than that , that's

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all there is to it and then witnessed

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it . But I believe the child was uh ,

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found in his , uh , in his own basement ,

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uh , basement was flooded . So they

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found the child face down in the

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basement . As far as I can tell . The ,

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uh , the father founded or one of the

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family found it came out into the

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streets with the little child . Uh ,

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can assume that uh ,

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66 lead vehicle saw , saw

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the situation , saw the child's

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lifeless and stopped at that point .

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Then called for the medic as far as

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history . That's about all I am privy

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to Happy . I was there as happy . Happy

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turned out like it did . I would like

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to see what kind of what can shape the

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boys in right now . Well , uh ,

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briefly on the way over here , we

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discussed a possibility . But

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uh , I certainly wouldn't be opposed to

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it . And I would I would like to do it

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at least . No , uh , no ,

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the long term prognosis for the kid if

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he's going to be all right due to the

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lack of oxygen that he sustained .