How a toddler saved her mum's life using Facetime
A heroic two-year-old has saved her mum’s life using Facetime after she suffered a near fatal allergic reaction and fell unconscious.
Toddler Esmé Hawkins, from Kingsteignton, Devon, was at home on December 13 when her mum, Jasmine, 24, fell unconscious after hitting her head on the floor.
The stay-at-home mum had suffered a random allergic reaction to codeine after taking the drug to help ease an ear infection.
But despite her young age, Esmé managed to find her mum’s mobile phone and video called her mum’s best friend Jess Decént, 23, to tell her ‘mummy was sleeping and hurt her head’.
Paramedics were quickly on the scene to give Jasmine the care she needed.
“I collapsed in the hallway and banged the back of my head on the wall, knocking myself out,” Jasmine said.
“I was unconscious for a while but I woke up to hearing Esmé on my phone on FaceTime telling my best friend I’m on the floor sleeping.
“I was in no state to move but thankfully Jess realised pretty quickly that I needed medical help, and was talking Esmé through what she needed to do.
“I could hear Jess telling her everything is going to be alright, and she needs to be a brave girl and open the door for the ambulance people.”
During the seven-minute phone call, Jess calmly told Esmé to go and check on her mum while she called for an ambulance.
She also told her that on this occasion – despite being warned never to open the door to strangers – she was allowed to open to door to the paramedics when they arrived.
Esmé – who is ‘older than her years’, according to her mum – was able to open to door due to the low door handle.
“Jess had phoned the ambulance whilst Esmé was checking on me and getting me a blanket,” the mother said.
“Jess managed to convince her that she could open the door this one time, and sure enough Esmé managed it.
“She’s such a little hero, I still can’t believe it.”
Jasmine was later told by paramedics that her little girl told them on arrival that, ‘mummy fell over and went to sleep, but she hurt her head. I phoned Jess and Jess got the doctors to come to the house for mummy. You make mummy better now’.
Fiancé Ryan Hawkins, 26, arrived back home whilst the paramedics were still checking Jasmine.
The combination of a serious ear infection, migraine and an allergic reaction to codeine had caused Jasmine to lose her balance and collapse.
Jasmine was put on antibiotics, and is now thankfully on the mend.
“I’m extremely proud of Esmé for all she did and very grateful to her and Jess and the ambulance crew who all helped me that night,” she said.
“She does go on my phone most days with my supervision.
“But I didn’t know she’d know how to use it by herself.
“Esmé will be spoilt rotten this Christmas and who knows what I’d have done without her.”
– Caters
