Oklahoma woman on a quest to find the EMTs who save her life twice as a baby
For years, the family has been searching for those first responders, but there was no luck.
For years, the family has been searching for those first responders, but there was no luck.
For years, the family has been searching for those first responders, but there was no luck.
An Oklahoma woman is on a quest to find the EMTs who saved her life twice as a baby.
Cheyenne Bledsoe said when she was around 15 months old, she suffered from a seizure.
That was in February 1995, according to her mother, Deanna Bledsoe.
“We’re sitting down for dinner, and we look over, and Cheyenne, who was 15 months at the time, was turning blue,” Deanna said.
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In a panic, the first-time parents headed straight for the hospital.
“They came across an ambulance sitting at a gas station. My mom got out and was banging on the door,” Cheyenne said.
The Edmond EMTs worked to revive Cheyenne as they rushed to the hospital.
“Her prognosis wasn’t good. They said that if she survived, she would have brain damage. And, in that moment we fell to our knees and just started praying,” Deanna said.
The EMTs came back after their shift and prayed with the family.
“I’ll never forget that,” Deanna said.
Cheyenne went home, but exactly one month later, she had another seizure.
This time, help came knocking on their door.
“She opened the door and saw that it was one of the same EMTs,” Cheyenne said.
“I was so relieved," Deanna said.
Mom called 911, but says it was God that sent them.
“My mom always preached to me how much of a miracle it was that it was the same EMT that responded to me and that he already knew what was going on,” Cheyenne said.
“She’s 30. That was 29 years ago and I feel like they played such a big part in allowing us to have this much time with her and she’s perfectly healthy,” Deanna said.
For years, the family has been searching for those first responders, but no luck.
“I wrote their names down, and along the way, I misplaced their names,” Deanna said.
“They’re long-haired. One of them owned a taekwondo business up in Edmond," Cheyenne said.
“Since I couldn’t find them, I just prayed for them and their families over the years,” Deanna said.
Now a mother herself, Cheyenne says she wants to thank her heroes for the life they've given her.
“You know, you can thank them over the phone or screen, but to be able to hug them and tell them to thank you and for them to see me 30 years later, I think, would be really awesome,” Cheyenne said.
We have reached out to EMSA to help in the search. If you might know who these two heroes are, email our news tip line at newstips@koco.com.