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Need a hand hold

17 replies

TheMumLife3 · 13/07/2022 02:58

I'm not really sure why I'm writing this but it's the middle of the night and my thoughts are all over the place and I'm praying and praying everything will be ok. My beautiful little girl who will be 3 next month is currently in intensive care fighting for her life. We'd had a typical Tuesday afternoon of visiting the park with her older brother who I'd collected from school along with my very good friend and her children. My DH came along after a short while with our youngest child and in the split second our attention was on him our little girl made her exit and ran off. A simple minute before noticing has turned our lives upside down. After a frantic 5 minutes or searching every entrance and bush, a fellow helper found her face down in the park fountain/pond. She's on the autistic spectrum and gravitates towards water; she's obsessed. I have no idea why that wasn't the first place we checked and I'll never forgive myself. My soul left my body at that exact moment. My little girl was pulled out, lifeless, not breathing and purple. I went into panic mode and froze. I'm forever grateful a bystander proceeded with CPR until the paramedics and two air ambulances arrived and thank God they managed to resuscitate her. She's currently in intensive care and fighting very hard and the doctors are working very hard on her too as they are struggling to beat her. My world has come crashing down today and I pray that my little girl comes out of this.

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Rashgremlin · 13/07/2022 03:04

Oh my god, OP, I'm so, so sorry - that's every parent's worst nightmare. Praying for you that she keeps on fighting and pulls through... come on, little girl 💛

Sending you love and a firm hand hold

Isonthecase · 13/07/2022 03:10

I'm so sorry to hear this and really hope she comes through. Every parent gets distracted sometimes and it's just phenomenally bad luck if something awful happens in those moments. Sending a hand hold.

TowerStork · 13/07/2022 03:15

Don't waste energy blaming yourself. You need all your strength to get though this. Wishing your little girl a speedy recovery

CheeseMaison · 13/07/2022 03:16

I'm so sorry to hear this. Sending you and your dd strength so she pulls through this and will be in my prayers. Keep fighting little one 🙏

HuffleWoof · 13/07/2022 03:41

So sorry. Ask the hcps for any and all support they can give. My hospital has a Ronald McDonald hotel for parents to stay in whilst their child is in icu.

If they say go to sleep over night go to sleep! You need all the strength you have. You're not far from the unit, and they'll call you immediately if there is an issue. You need your strength for the day time

PrachtStück · 13/07/2022 04:07

Oh my goodness you must be so scared. I’ll be praying for your little girl and for all the professionals working with her. Please take care of yourself too. I hope you get some good updates soon Flowers

NiceTwin · 13/07/2022 04:09

🙏praying for your little girl.

user1471471475 · 13/07/2022 04:20

I'm so sorry. Thoughts and prayers are with you and your little girl.

WinterMusings · 13/07/2022 04:21

@TheMumLife3

Biggest (((HUG,)))

I hope you get some good news very soon 🤗

fallfallfall · 13/07/2022 05:20

positive thoughts and prayers coming your way

knightsinwhitesatin · 13/07/2022 05:28

So sorry to read this, as PP said do not blame yourself. I hope the morning brings some good news

HuffleWoof · 13/07/2022 12:09

Hope you're okay as can be

Cantchoosename · 13/07/2022 22:43

So sorry to read this, I really hope your little girl has improved since you wrote your post. Thinking of you and your family

nocoolnamesleft · 14/07/2022 22:52

I am so sorry. I pray your little girl has the best possible outcome.

BarnacleNora · 14/07/2022 23:46

Oh god OP I'm so so sorry. Same situation happened with me and my autistic son several years ago, the only difference being that I happened to catch a flash of him running away. He was too far in front of me to catch him (and I had a baby in a sling on my front) and I had to watch him dive into a river whilst still a good 200m away. Please do not blame yourself, it happens, they're quick and as you well know when an autistic child is determined they can move at seemingly unreal speeds. My story could have been yours if not for that one split second chance glance out of the corner of my eye and it wouldn't have been my fault and it certainly isn't yours.
Try and eat, if you can't stomach solid food then smoothies, soup anything like that. Rest if you can, if you're sent home then try and do so. If you can't settle to sleep then put the tv onto something mindless and see if you can doze with it on in the background. But equally if you can't bear to leave the hospital I can understand that too but please do try and rest however you can even if in a chair by her bedside
Wishing your daughter all the strength in the world for a speedy recovery and I'm sure there are many many strangers on Mumsnet all around the uk and the world sending that strength to her right now ❤️

RandomMess · 14/07/2022 23:58
Flowers

Similar happened to me in a jam packed park we were constantly counting children and somehow mine went missing.

She was found out if the playground by the big stream were we had our picnic. We were just lucky someone spotted her looking very out of place and intervened.

KittyCatsby · 15/07/2022 21:10

@TheMumLife3

Don't know if you have come back to your post , but I have seen an update , and want to send you and your family the very best for the next few hours / days / weeks , look after yourselves and sending much love to your daughter.

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