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7-year-old Ala. girl uses medical TV shows to save mom’s life

By Lydia Grimes
Brewton Standard
Copyright 2007 Brewton Standard

BREWTON, Ala. — Seven-year-old Alexis King of Brewton may not have known the television programs she watched with her grandmother would ever come in handy, but they did.

A trip to the eye doctor last month gave Alexis an opportunity to use what she had learned from watching medical shows on TV. Her mother Amber King lost control of their car when she had a seizure while driving. Alexis didn’t quite know what was happening, but she knew her mother needed the mouth-to-mouth rescusitation she had seen on television.

“I was really scared,” Alexis said. “I saw my mom throw her hands up, and then the car was running through the grass. When we finally stopped, I got out of my seatbelt and climbed over to the front seat.”

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