Our day began with big plans, as the week prior I had won a great prize package for the PNE from Breakfast Television Vancouver.
The prize package included a $16 parking pass, 4 entry passes (worth $16.00 each), and 4 all day ride passes (worth $42.75 each). We were so excited!
Our son had asked a friend to join us for the day. We left home at 10am and headed out on our 45 minute drive into Vancouver, BC. Parked in the specified lot, joined the line to enter into the fair grounds, handed in our ride passes for our hand stamps and headed off towards the well known
His friend chose to sit out on the roller coaster ride, so I kept her company while the boys took their inaugural ride. From there, we looked at a few mid-way rides, then headed towards the Corkscrew roller-coaster, which was first unveiled at Expo 86.
A couple of adult gentlemen assisted me in getting him to the bench. We had the people move so that we could lay him down. He was only completely out for a few seconds. Some nice people brought us bottles of cold water to try and help. First Aid was called. Once they arrived, they began running tests on him, then soon called immediately for a wheelchair. After about 20 mins he was in the wheelchair with oxygen being administered and being rushed to the first aid building, which was all the way back behind the first roller coaster. While there (for about 30-45 minutes) they ran many tests and then called for Alpha, which I now know means an ambulance.
Master D was taken to a room within minutes of arrival and we had to wait out in the Emergency waiting area for about 20 mins. After Master D’s friend’s parents arrived to pick her up, all three of us were in room 11 together. Master D had many tests throughout the day, was hooked up to an I.V. for saline solution and had heart monitors, etc attached to his fingers and chest. Around 10 pm, they ran some chest x-rays, which looked good.
By 11:15pm, his heart rate was much closer to normal (a bit high though) and his blood pressure was still lower than normal. The Doctor decided that he was responding much better and since his BP & heart rate were closer to normal, we could take him home.
We would like to express our very deepest THANK YOUs to everyone that helped Master D yesterday, as well as to everyone that kept checking in with us to see how he was doing throughout the adventure. Plus THANK YOU so much Breakfast Television for the prize package. Hopefully next time we can make better use of the prize…lol.
These were not the Carnival Fairground pics I thought I would be sharing with you today, but we did want to publicly thank those involved in his care. We hope you all had a great Labour Day and wish you good health and happiness in your own families.
Wow Nicci! Sounds scary. I am so glad to hear Duran is doing well. Thanks for sharing this story.
Thank you Jeni. Yes, we are soooo glad he is doing well now.
Wow – that’s so scary…….i’m so happy that Duran is okay now………good thing you are keeping your eye on him.
love, violette
Oh no, so sad to hear the news. I hope Duran is feeling better.
So sorry to hear. Poor Duran.
Hope he’s feeling better and it was just random.
Take care!