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[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 17 points 3 days ago (1 children)

My son used to eat too fast without chewing properly.
He'd just swallow lumps of food sometimes, even though we'd actively work on slowing down.

He was a solid mass of a kid from his down syndrome, (he has the physique of a silverback)

He went wide eyed at dinner one night and wasn't breathing, I had to get him out of the chair and spun around for a heimlich maneuver. Because he was choking he was going all limp, and I'd just finished cancer treatment so I was fatigued and weak AF, so it took everything I had to lift him and do the heimlich. He coughed out the food on the first or second try. Thankfully, because I was done after that exertion.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Dude.

  1. Son has down syndrome ❤️
  2. Almost died ❤️
  3. You saved him ❤️
  4. You survived cancer ❤️

What a mic drop of a post.

Take care, friend!

A superhero, right there!