It has been a scorching summer. We have a lot of tips and tricks to keep cool – but, it is essential that the very young and elderly are given special consideration during the summer.
The last thing you need is to get heat stroke – it can be dangerous and result in death. Heat stroke is caused, according to the Mayo Clinic, by overheating your body due to long term exposure to high temperatures or over exertion in hot conditions.
If left untreated, heat stroke and damage your heart, brain, muscles, and kidneys. Jennifer Abma recently had a terrifying experience with her daughter and heat stroke – she is telling her story to spread the word and hopefully prevent this from happening to another child.
The power and warning in Jennifer’s story was shared more than 46,000 times and earned 11,000 reactions in just two weeks. Jennifer’s young daughter, Anastasia had put herself down for a nap – when Jennifer went in to wake her up, she was bright red and covered in sweat.
It took them nearly 20 minutes to wake her up, 911 was called. Anastasia’s blood sugar was way off, and the paramedics gave her sucrose.
Within a few minutes before Anastasia was awake. Anastasia had just been playing in her bedroom and got over heated.
It was no one’s fault, and Anastasia will be fine. But you can’t be too careful and should make sure your child is not getting overheated no matter what they are doing! Please share this story.
