Are heroes born, or are they made? That question was to be answered this weekend.

Becky and the twins were over the house on Saturday to swim and eat. Me, Lauren and the twins were outside swimming, when I hear Becky and Hilary yelling for me. My first thought was there was spider or something, so I ignored them. But then Becky came bursting out the door, screaming that Marissa was choking. I could see the panic in her eyes and hear it in her tone. The fight or flight instinct took over me, being the only man in the house, it's obviously up to me to save the day.

I fly out of the pool at full speed charging for the house. When my wet feet hit the cement near the back door it's a slick as ice. I totally eat it, and go crashing into some equipment and the bbq. I pop up instantly and limp into the house, with blood pouring out of several areas on my legs & feet, and both calves cramping up, just in time to see Marissa throw up a chunk of watermelon.

Apparently, Marissa had been eating watermelon balls when she got one caught in her throat. Luckily, Becky noticed something wrong with Marissa and asked her if she was alright. Becky said "no" you're not alright and rushed over to her calling for Hilary who was cooking. Marissa was gagging and then went silent as she stopped breathing (Hilary said she could see the panic in Marissa's eyes), at which point they started yelling for me. Hilary attempted to do the Heimlich maneuver while carrying her toward me, at the time I was charging out of the pool. I think Hilary carrying Marissa in the Heimlich position saved the day. While both Hilary and Marissa cried, I'm bleeding and nauseated from the fall, I crawled to the other room so that I could die in peace.

Lauren and Marissa saw me unconscious and bleeding in the other room and came over to help. They were both very excited to get to play real doctor on me - lucky me. When I asked how she was doing, Marissa replied that she was okay now that she had her voice back and proceeded to sing like Ariel.

Still don't know the answer to "are heroes born or are they made?" While Hilary was definitely the hero, the only answer I found out was why you're not suppose to run by the pool. Lauren did lecture me, saying, "Dad that is why you're not suppose to run by the pool. I am surprised that you being a grown-up would forget that." The only thing I could say was "you're right." She is becoming more and more like her mom every day.

In all seriousness, I think we're going to take a CPR class. Also I think I'm going to go to the doctor's today to get me knee x-ray'd.

Other stuff:
- Lauren has been doing well. She is now down to 3.5mg Decadron a day. So far so good. No headaches.

- When Lauren and Marissa heard they were going to have a baby sister, they both let out a huge cheer at the doctor's office.