I am very happy to share another story with you from a police officer at one of the departments we support.
Just wanted to let you know of a story from earlier tonight.
We were dispatched to a residence for a three year old girl that was choking for approximately 10 minutes. Upon arrival, the girl seemed to have dislodged whatever the obstruction was, however, she was still extremely upset (as were her parents, as you can imagine). She was crying and holding her throat as if in pain. EMT’s arrived and confirmed her lungs were clear and it did not appear that she had anything stuck in her airway. While the EMT’s were assessing her, I was able to go to my patrol car and grab a bear. The EMT’s cleared the scene and I gave her the bear. She instantly went from crying, scared, and overwhelmed to smiling. Like I said in my last “bear story”, it was almost comical how fast she went from absolutely terrified to perfectly calm and content. I also noticed that as soon as the little girl started playing with the bear and breathing/speaking normally, the parents were immediately relieved. In this case, one bear was able to immediately put everyone at ease.
These bears are like flipping a switch on these kids, it’s amazing.
Thanks again for all you do Blake…it is appreciated more than you know. I will be submitting an application for more bears later tonight.
