Have you ever had to call 911?
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I’ve done it twice.
When my daughter was really young (4months old) her father was going to take her to his aunts. We were not getting along and had just had a fight.
I had a nap and when I woke up I called his aunt. She said he wasn’t there and wasn’t expecting him. I flipped out. Called his friends on their pagers or cells, I called his pager. I got no response. No one knew where he was and he wasn’t responding.
I called 911. Wouldn’t you know that 2 minutes after hanging up with 911 He calls? He fell asleep on a friends couch. With our daughter on his chest!
The other time my daughter was about 1yr and a half and we had a water bed. It was up against a wall with apparently enough room for my daughter to walk through. She bent down to pick up a toy and her head got stuck coming back up! She’s screaming I’m panicking and trying to lift the bed (thinking I’m Hercules or something). Course the bed didn’t budge nor did my daughters head!
I called 911 and was quite upset….talking to 911, being assured they’d be there soon, that I shouldn’t panic, etc etc etc and up pops my daughters head! 911 was not so nice to me that time. I was given the lecture about placements of water beds.
I’ve done it twice.
When my daughter was really young (4months old) her father was going to take her to his aunts. We were not getting along and had just had a fight.
I had a nap and when I woke up I called his aunt. She said he wasn’t there and wasn’t expecting him. I flipped out. Called his friends on their pagers or cells, I called his pager. I got no response. No one knew where he was and he wasn’t responding.
I called 911. Wouldn’t you know that 2 minutes after hanging up with 911 He calls? He fell asleep on a friends couch. With our daughter on his chest!
The other time my daughter was about 1yr and a half and we had a water bed. It was up against a wall with apparently enough room for my daughter to walk through. She bent down to pick up a toy and her head got stuck coming back up! She’s screaming I’m panicking and trying to lift the bed (thinking I’m Hercules or something). Course the bed didn’t budge nor did my daughters head!
I called 911 and was quite upset….talking to 911, being assured they’d be there soon, that I shouldn’t panic, etc etc etc and up pops my daughters head! 911 was not so nice to me that time. I was given the lecture about placements of water beds.
Never had to call 911, but since my wife is an md who used to do a lot of call in a rural area, we've had the ambulance stop in our driveway to pick her up...also, one famous new years eve, when our plumber (!) stopped by at 11pm, with his unconscious son in the backseat of his car.....son was at a party, he passed out, they called the parents, who went to get him; they were on their way to the hospital, but saw our lights on.....my wife went out to check on him, then we called the ambulance.....it's fun having all of this going on in your own driveway.....
At least everyone called for actual emergencies...not like some. Did anyone hear the 9-1-1 call in the southern states - the lady phoned 9-1-1 to complain that she could not control her kid.....the conversation went on and on and finally the dispatcher stated "WHAT DO YOU WANT US TO DO, COME DOWN AND SHOOT HIM" The dispatcher was then suspended. Another one...a lady in a fast food drive through called to tell 9-1-1 that the place would not make her hamburger proper. They finally told her to act like an adult and solve the problem herself.