Sunday, August 4, 2013

Random Kid at Disney Schooled by Tiger Mom

At Disneyland, a 5 year old girl and her grandmother were walking away from the Carousel ride in the Fantasyland portion of the park, when the little girl began to have a seizure. The girl showed no signs of overheating or overstimulation before the incident, and the parents, brother and grandfather of the girl were not with them at the time. Instead, they were waiting for the pair in front of the infamous "It's a Small World" ride (also in Fantasyland), after enjoying their time in "Star Tours" in the Tomorrlowland portion of the park.
Close to 6pm, the father received a cell phone call from a stranger using his mother's phone, telling him to come quickly to the Dumbo ride, as his daughter was having a seizure. The mother took off, dashing through crowds and jumping over stroller wheels. After circling around the Dumbo ride, she and the father finally spotted a group of people bending over the ground and shouldered their way through the gawkers.
After kneeling at her daughter's side, a man she'd barely noticed informed the mother that he was a doctor at a local hospital and that he had administered the midazolam. The seizure had ended by this time, and the girl was in the post-ictal state, which is the state of recovery immediately following a seizure, when the brain is trying to calm down and return to its normal state. A little while later, the mother noticed an unidentified woman holding her daughter's hand, and at unknown times and intervals, security men and nurses from First Aid arrived. The girl was put on oxygen, as she had turned blue for a few minutes during the seizure. After a short while, the mother was seated in a wheelchair, holding the girl- with oxygen mask- to be transported to the First Aid station. The bumpy ride woke the girl only slightly from her post-ictal unconsciousness, as the mother averted the stares from passers by. The security men walked in front of the group, yelling to everyone to step aside, as if alerting guests to a parade coming through. The mother related to her daughter that she should open her eyes to see the royal treatment she was receiving.
The girl was able to recover and awake on a bed in the First Aid station. After a time, as the family were about to leave, with the girl comfortable in her stroller, a nurse informed them that they should wait for a visiter who wished to see her. The girl was at this time awake but groggy and not in a happy mood. Moments later, in walked Pluto, and the girl's face lit up with groggy giggles. She most loved the tickley whiskers in her face. She got many high-fives, blown kisses and nose pets. Her brother also enjoyed the personal visit. The family posed for a picture with the orange character and thanked him for the visit.
The three females of the group headed back to the hotel so the girl could finish recovering in her sleep, while the three males stayed in the park to visit more rides.
Just after exiting the park, the women saw a young boy of 11 or 12 years crash into a trash can and fall to the ground. The boy's friends began laughing as the boy lay on the ground and began shaking, faking a seizure. The boy got up to walk on, but he had no idea there was a Tiger Mom looking on whose protective instincts were especially heightened. The mother of the girl walked swiftly over to the boy, held him gently by the shoulder, looked him in the eye and said, "My daughter just had a REAL seizure on the ground, and it was NOT funny. Please remember that." The boy clearly got the message and said, "ok." Then the boy's aggravated father walked up and said, "You wanna let go of him now?" The mother let go and said the same thing to the boy's father. The man changed his tone only slightly and said, "Well, I'm sorry about that." Then the girl's mother turned and walked away before the situation could continue any further. As they walked, the mother said to her mother-in-law, "Well, he won't forget that."
Thus, a boy, his friends and his family have now been schooled by a fierce Tiger Mom, protecting the dignity of her sweet Tiger Cub and all others who suffer from seizures.

2 comments:

  1. We are sad and upset that Melanie had a seizure! Hoping she has recovered well overnight...
    We are thankful for the quick and caring help Melanie received. God has many angels--even a big, orange, whiskered dog.

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    1. "corimaridotcom"...aka Mom/Grandma/Corinne

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