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Marie Osmond Faints-Was It Real?Marie Osmond’s sudden faint while on stage surprised every one. As these things do, heh, tend to do.
The following day ABC’s hit dancing series, “Dancing With the Stars”, got some publicity as wise pundit hosts announced the shocking fall and, in some cases, had medico guest stars who would tell us why such odd faints happen and how we can avoid them. Women and minorities especially hard hit.
There was one medico on some pundit show or another yesterday angrily denying that anyone can simply “not breathe”, as Marie contended happened to her. “Breathing is an automatic thing” as I paraphrase the medico pundit.
I, of course and as expected, have experience on the matter. Although in conclusion I might leave yon reader as much in the dark as ever.
My daughter, as a baby and up to five years of age, fainted regularly and much in the same fashion as Marie Osmond. She too had MRI’s and all manner of medical tests, just as Marie contends. Those tests showed nothing wrong, again, just as Marie Osmond contends her medical tests reflected the same lack of information.
In due course, myself and daughter’s babysitter eventually learned to live with the sudden and scary fainting. We had, through experience, learned when Melissa was about to faint and we’d quickly find a safe place for the child to fall down with no harm.
Which brings me to question one because Marie Osmond contended that this fainting often happens when she gets short of breath. I wonder why she didn’t sit down immediately or warn somebody to watch her lest she faint and fall.
Because Melissa too fainted when she couldn’t catch her breath so here’s a raspberry to that wise TV medico who said breathing was automatic and that Marie’s contention that she could “not breathe” was absurd. Melissa’s inability to breathe was caused by a bout of serious crying. She would do that thing that children do when very distraught…she would begin a strong cry that would start out with a scream. Then there would be silence for a few moments as the child let that first wail loose and held her breath until a gasp would have a normal child taking in some air to begin the cry again with the accompanying noise and renewed fervor. Only Melissa never made that gasp. She’d make her initial cry noise and silence ensued until the child crumbled up and fell to the floor in a faint.
Always, immediately after the faint, she’d regain consciousness. Her body did, as the TV medico stated, automatically begin to breathe and the new rush of air to her deflated lungs brought her back to reality. At that point Melissa would continue crying just like any other child who did not faint in between. The thing to note here is that Melissa did faint before her automatic breathing reflex kicked in so that medico’s derision that such a thing isn’t possible is just plain wrong. The medico was right about breathing being an automatic thing, however.
So if I happened to see Melissa get hurt in some way that would have her start with a gigantic scream I knew to immediately put her down on the ground even while her mouth was open wide much like that famous painting of mad people. Her mouth would be open as if crying but no sound came forth.
Now Marie Osmond is NOT a child, ahem. Melissa’s fainting episodes began as a baby and continued until she was about five years of age. After that early childhood, she never fainted again. Melissa’s pediatrician assured me that fainting like Melissa’s was not all that unusual and children usually outgrow it. The pediatrician was right. I think it very odd that an adult would continue fainting her entire life. Still, I suppose it’s possible.
Also, as I’ve mentioned above, you would think that after a lifetime of fainting that generally follows such breath-struggling episodes as Marie described (and as I explained, the action upon that causes such fainting episodes is generally discerned from experience) that she would know enough to get somewhere safe because a loss of consciousness is a serious thing, no matter how brief it might be.
I watched Marie’s fall from the faint and boom, she fell pretty solid.
In fact, below is a video of what will become one of this seasons “Dancing With the Stars” famous scenes.
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1 comment:
I found your blog when doing a google search for my own child's problem with fainting. He is 14 months old and does exactly the same thing...starts to cry and, if he's distraught enough, he can't get his breath after the first cry and he faints, only to revive after a few seconds.
What is this condition called?!
Anyone out there know?
Sincerely,
Concerned in St. Pete
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