Doctors Are Shocked When A 8-Year-Old Boy Saves A Classmate By Performing A Complicated Medical Procedure On Her

By Samantha in Amazing On 28th February 2018

#1 Annis Started Choking On Her Candy

A young boy from California is hailed a hero after the 8-year old saved a girl in his class who suddenly started choking. Makayla Annis, who attends St. Anthony’s School, recalling the incident says, she started choking on her gummy bear after she laughed too hard on a joke cracked by her seat mate, "My desk partner made me laugh too hard when I ate a gummy bear and then I kind of tried to swallow it and I started choking."

#2 Ramirez Perfomed A Complicated Medical Procedure On Her

Annis classmate and a good friend of her Andrew Ramirez was the first person to rush to her help when he saw his friend struggling to breathe. The surprising part of the story which has got the doctors even scratching their heads is Ramirez helped his friend by performing a rather complicated medical procedure on her. Ramirez says, "I saw Makayla choking, grabbing her neck and I quickly gave her the Heimlich maneuver."

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#3 Ramirez Hailed As A Hero

Thanks to Ramirez's quick action that Annis was able to spit out the candy and breathe on time. Annis says, "Then I spit it out in the trash can." Ramirez's dad, a doctor by profession when came to pick up his son heard about his son's heroic act.

Not believing the tales, Community Regional Medical Center Dr Rene Ramirez thought everyone was exaggerating the story, "My daughter she's five. She's like, 'Andrew's a hero, Andrew's a hero.' I was like hold on, you know little kids kind of exaggerate and tell tall tales."

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#4 Dr Ramirez Was Shocked When He Heard The Story

When confirmed, Dr. Ramirez was absolutely stunned over his son's heroic action and when inquired his son about it, the boy confidently told his father that it was him who told about this procedure, "Heimlich maneuver, that's a big word. Do you even know what the Heimlich maneuver is? " Replying to it, the son said, "Yeah, you taught me. If they're choking you get them right about here and you just push back like you're giving them a really big hug."

Ramirez plans on following his dad's footsteps and aims to become a doctor like his dad. "I would like to be a doctor very, very much."

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#5 Ramirez Receive Love And Praise From Online Community

After the story was shared on social media, the young boy received appraisal from people all over the globe. Congratulating him for his future in med school, one commenter wrote, "Good lord, finally some good news!! It was looking bleak for a minute there. Good job, lil man!! Good luck in med school." Another person added, "What a great story. And yes, these two seem very mature and well spoken for their ages. I hope they never forget."