“I yelled out to my mum for help and she came out and just guided me to calm down, and that's when I pulled myself together and started CPR.”
Although she had done CPR training before, that was a “very long time ago”, she said.
After about 10 seconds her daughter started vomiting.
“That was a bit of a relief, so Mum took over the CPR while I rang the ambulance. After a minute or so she started crying, and that's when I was really relieved.”
Jennifer is still reeling from the shock of the incident.
“I still get flashbacks of seeing her upside down with her legs in the air. That upsets me sometimes, especially at night time — I can't sleep.”
Police, St John ambulance and firefighters responded to the emergency at around 4pm and Jennifer is grateful to the emergency services that attended.
“The ambulance, police and fire brigade were here in minutes and they ended up taking over as during those minutes she was still sleepy, so Mum tried to keep her awake while the ambulance came. I just want to thank the ambulance staff, all the crew and the hospital staff that were involved
After staying overnight in hospital four-year old Lillian is now back in the pool with no side-effects and “full of life”, Jennifer said.
“She's now back in the pool, like nothing happened.
“She loves the water — she'd stay in that pool all day and all night if we had enough energy to stay outside all day.”
