Her daughters saved her dad’s life – Göteborgs-Posten

Sweden With two upcoming hjärninfarkter fell Henrik Byström, 40, together on the bedroom floor. Next to him was his two daughters, Ella, 7, and Hannah, 9. Then phoned the 112 – and probably saved her dad’s life. – I’m so terribly proud of them, and that they acted despite the fact that they were just panicked, ” says the mother, Annica Byström, 36, who worked night at the time.

It was one evening in september which the children Hanna and Ella Byström was alone with his dad, Henry, 40, because the mother, Annica worked night.

Normally, Henrik not to be alone with the kids for a long time, then he 2010 suffered a stroke that almost cost him his life, and that he had not yet recovered fully from, as GT has written about.

But just this Saturday night, it was so. While Henry went to bed in the family house in the Wedge, put the girls in the room next door and looked at the tv. Then, they heard suddenly a loud bang. They ran to the bedroom and found Henry lying on the floor. He was still conscious and said that it was okay, but the girls called the Owner anyway.

“I thought it was a bit strange that he had had fallen out of bed, but I figured that there was no greater danger then Henry told me that it went well and that he could once again take themselves up to bed,” says Annica.

Got two hjärninfarkter

Once they put on the phone rang again soon – and this time it was gravity – Henry had suffered two hjärninfarkter.

” They called and said that dad needed to go to the toilet, but then told Henry that it was not for that the foot was crooked, which can happen when he has spasms since the first stroke. But then begins the girls gallskrika to Henrik tumbled together again, “call 112, mom,” they said.

Annica panicked when she was at work and could not do anything to comfort their children. She tried to call to them, but they honked their horns busy. She thought at first that they had forgotten to add on and was worried. But it turned out that they had called 112 and asked for an ambulance.

” They talked with the operator until the ambulance came. I storgrät because I thought it was so amazing. They were able to do as they did in a terrible situation. They are so small. I am so happy and proud of myself, ” says Annica.

first Saw the dark

once at the hospital it looks bad for Henrik. The doctors explained that they did not know if Henry could manage. But at day number three at the hospital, something happened.

– Then just turned everything. He breathed better and was able to be disconnected from the ventilator. I understood nothing, I who had planned his funeral. He will now instead train to go and to use their hands properly. Now is he the same as he was before this happened, ” says Annica.

That the daughters Hanna and Ella saved the life of his father is Annica convinced.

” I absolutely believe that they saved the life of him. All have praised them a lot after the event, but they do not really understand how good they have been.