The evening started out fun for Nicole, dressing up for a Halloween-themed Birthday party with her close friend and a number of other girls. Nicole was striking, dressed as she called it as a "Victorian vampire". Along with the birthday girl's Mom, they all went to a local restaurant for dinner.
Nicole had been feeling fine, just having kicked a nasty cold. After ordering their meals, before dinner was served, in the midst of the chatter, Nicole suddenly collapsed at the table, she had experienced cardiac arrest! As the Mom rushed to help support her, a woman at a table nearby came to help as 911 was called. The bystander turned out to be a pediatrician! She monitored Nicole's breathing and pulse, but shortly after laying her on the floor Nicole required CPR. The doctor and a helper administered CPR until the EMT's arrived.
The EMTs restored reasonable cardiac rhythm, put her on a ventilator to help her breathing. Nicole was then transported to a nearby hospital in Edmonds where we met up with her as the ambulance was parking and she was being moved from the ambulance into the ER.
Nicole was stabilized there briefly, then when she was safe to travel with an automated ventilator, she was transported in the ambulance to Childre's Hospital where they started testing, making sure her heart was safely beating in a steady pattern. She then was heavily sedated to help her start her recovery.
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