A mother is crediting quick-thinking passengers and crew members who sprang into action on an American Airlines flight for saving her 11-month-old daughter’s life after a seizure, saying God “put the right people in the right place at the right time.”
Janay Flowers said her daughter, Nevaeh, started having a seizure about 10 minutes before landing in Dallas from Tampa, Florida, aboard American Airlines Flight 607 on Thursday.
“Nevaeh is doing well now, but on that flight the scariest moment of my life unfolded before my eyes,” Flowers recalled on Instagram. “I was traveling alone with Nevaeh and did not have a clue what to do but cry out for help.”
Two crew members then “immediately” came to help Flowers’ daughter, removing her clothes in an attempt to alleviate the girl’s fever. Nevaeh’s toes had also turned blue and she was having trouble breathing, Flowers said.
“They called out for any doctors on the plane and about 3-4 additional people came running to help also,” Flowers’ post continued. “God had His hands on us. All of these people worked diligently to cool my baby down while she was having a seizure.”
One person among the group went to the front of the plane to make sure paramedics would meet Flowers and her daughter at the gate, while two others grabbed an oxygen tank for Nevaeh and started taking her pulse.
“As soon as our plane landed, we all rushed to the front of the plane while they grabbed all of my belongings,” Flowers recalled. “One man carried my baby, one man kept thumping her foot to make her cry.”
Flowers, for her part, said she sang “You Are My Sunshine” and prayed like never before.
“It seemed to last forever,” she wrote.
Nevaeh was then rushed to a hospital in Grapevine, where her condition improved, according to Flowers’ post.
“My family and I are beyond grateful for all of the care and treatment given to our baby,” Flowers wrote. “I am so thankful to God that He put the right people in the right place at the right time! God kept us and worked through those angels who cared for Nevaeh.”
A spokesman for American Airlines confirmed to the Dallas Morning News that a medical emergency occurred on the flight and praised flight attendants for their “tremendous professionalism” during the incident.
“We are so proud of our colleagues and are grateful to them for their quick actions,” spokesman Ross Feinstein told the newspaper.
Flowers now wants to host the flight crew at Neveah’s first birthday party next month in San Antonio, where Flowers’ husband is set to be stationed with the US Air Force.
“We got rushed to the hospital so fast … I didn’t get to thank anyone,” Flowers told the newspaper. “I want to tell them that from the bottom of my heart, my husband’s heart and my entire family, we are so thankful.”
