Parents watch in horror as police officer resuscitates their three-year-old boy after seizure
Officer Chase Miller was recognised by city officials for rescuing the child
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Your support makes all the difference.A video has shown the dramatic few minutes endured by two parents while their three-year-old boy had stopped breathing.
Bethany Hoover and John Geis of Granbury, Texas, can be seen pacing up and down, their face in their hands, as a police officer works to resuscitate their child.
Three-year-old Brayden had stopped breathing after a family trip to Kentucky Fried Chicken. He had a cold, which turned too quickly into a fever and caused a febrile seizure.
His father called 911 and officer Chase Miller was on the scene within one minute.
He took the limp child in his arms and laid him on the ground, attempting chest compressions.
He showed Mr Geis how to carry on with the compressions while the officer rushed to get a breathing mask from his car.
Within two minutes, Mr Miller had revived the boy. Brayden was treated at the local medical centre.
“The child is now doing fine and is recovering with his family,” police said in a news release.
Mr Miller was given the Life Saving Award for saving Brayden on 12 October.
The parents thanked the officer. Ms Hoover told ABC News: “Our son is the world to us. That’s our world. That's our life.”
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