When Debbie
Parkhurst, 45, was home alone and choked on an apple, her dog came to her
rescue by performing a Heimlich maneuver!
“It was
lodged pretty tight because I couldn’t breathe,” he said. “I tried to do the
thing where you lean over a chair and give yourself the Heimlich, but it didn’t
work.” Parkhurst
said she then began beating her chest, an action that might have attracted
Toby’s attention.
“The next
think I know, Toby’s up on his hind feet and he’s got his front paws on my
shoulders,” she recalled. “He pushed me to the ground, and once I was on my
back, he began jumping up and down on my chest.”
Toby’s
jumping apparently managed to dislodge the apple from Parkhurst’s windpipe.
“As soon as
I started breathing, he stopped and began licking my face, as if to keep me
from passing out,” she said.
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