Courage. Families sharing their stories is integral to raising awareness about ISR (Infant Swimming Resource) and drowning prevention. Sharing such a personal and vulnerable story isn’t always easy, especially when we know there could have been a very different ending.
It’s one thing to share statistics, but Milo’s mom has shared her own family’s story in an effort to educate others and we’re so grateful to be able to share her words with you...Read More
Milo’s Survival Story:
Milo was taught ISR at 6 months old and again at 20 months. 2 months after his first refresher was the accident. He fell into my parents pool May 25, 2015. Memorial Day that year will forever be etched in my head.We were having a family get together at my moms, and outside in the backyard playing. My parents have a slide to their pool and my husband was letting Milo go down it and then catching him before he went into the water. Since the water was too cold to swim in at the time. He did this many times as Milo was having so much fun! Something we now both regret. After a couple hours playing we all went in to eat and let the kids calm down.
At the time of the accident we were all chatting inside the house when we realized Milo wasn’t with us. There were 6 adults and 4 kids, except a kid was missing. We searched the entire house before realizing he got outside. Through 6 adults and a locked slider-he made it out with no one noticing.We found him face up floating in the deep end of the pool (10' deep). He was floating patiently for someone to come get him. My brother in law dove in to get him out of pure adrenaline. Once I got around to him he saw me and began to cry. He was scared and shaking. But he was fine, he was alive and he was safe. He was so scared but stayed so calm until he knew he could let it out....[more]
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