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The Gift of Honesty: How Truth Transformed a Child’s Perspective on Dad’s Survival
Hi. I’m a kid. FYI, I’m also funny. That probably isn’t the introduction you’re used to, but it turns out it’s important. Because, as you may have experienced, newfangled kids like me think a bit differently than you adults. But […]
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Hanging With Our Kid…Scooby Doo
Transcript Scooby-Doo Glaucomflecken: [00:00:00] Knock, knock. Hi, knock, knock. Hi. Will: Hello. Welcome to a special edition of Knock, knock High. What should we call this? Like a, A slice of life with the Glock and Flacons. Knock, knock, knock, […]
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The Meaningful Thing that One Paramedic Did During My Husband’s Medical Emergency
This is Lieutenant Gregg. He is one of the first responders who helped us when my husband’s heart stopped beating in his sleep three years ago. On his way up the stairs to our bedroom, Lt. Gregg stopped briefly in […]
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Kristin Flanary: Co-Survivor and Champion
It was May 11th, the day after Mother’s Day in 2020, during the height of the COVID-19 epidemic. At 4:45 in the morning, Kristin Flanary awoke to the sound of her husband Will’s snoring. “I didn’t know what agonal breathing […]
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Lockdown, Love, and Life-Saving CPR: A Mother’s Day to Remember
I will never forget May 11, 2020; my husband will never remember. It was an out-of-body experience. Part of my brain was solely focused on what I needed to do. The other part was watching us from a third-person perspective […]
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We’re On Facebook!
Check out our new Facebook page, The Glaucomfleckens! We post whatever we’re both up to over there – Dr. Glaucomflecken’s videos, Lady Glaucomflecken’s writing, our podcast clips, behind-the-scenes photos/videos, and, if you’re lucky, Jonathan’s whereabouts. Just beware that there are […]
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Roger
None of this was supposed to happen. We had vowed “in sickness and health,” but no one thinks they will have to cash in on that promise for decades. We assumed we would deal with that part when our hair […]
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EMS1: NAEMSP 2023 Quick Take: ‘Wife or Death’
Lessons from a bystander responder and co-survivor of SCA, Kristin Flanary – Lady Glaucomflecken, lifesaver, CPR champion and keynote extraordinaireby Rob Lawrence There were many reasons to celebrate and remember this year’s NAEMSP 2023 annual meeting. Many I spoke with […]
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The Night Telecommunicator-CPR Saved My Husband’s Life
On May 11, 2020, I woke up in the middle of the night to my 34-year-old husband dying in our bed. Of course, I didn’t know he was dying. There was no reason to assume that his perfectly healthy heart […]
