Calise Manning is being called a hero for helping her pregnant mother and calling 911 operators in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
"She's shaking and she's having a baby," Calise tells
a dispatcher in 911 audio obtained by CNN
affiliate WWMT. "My mom is really pregnant and she's having a boy and she
really needs help." Her
mother Centerria Manning, who was 9-months pregnant and epileptic, had
apparently fallen to the floor in the midst of a seizure on Wednesday. She said
they had practiced what to do in an emergency.
"I
was so proud of her, because we practiced and I teach her because I am epileptic,"
Manning said. "I [taught] her the address and my full name and things like
that, and how to dial 911." Her fiancé was at work at the time.
In
a lighter moment during the nearly 71/2 minute call, a dispatcher asks Calise
"How old are you honey?" Calise responds, "four," before
adding an important detail. "Yes, and I'm almost getting bigger."
The
mother was taken to the hospital where her healthy baby brother, TJ Manning,
was born Friday morning.
Wearing
an "I'm the Big Sister" T-shirt, Calise told the WWMT reporter at the
hospital "It was really good to ride in the ambulance with mom."
The
dispatcher who handled the call told the station that she's recommending Calise
get an award for being calm in a scary situation.
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