{"id":1427151,"date":"2022-04-09T20:44:44","date_gmt":"2022-04-10T00:44:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1427151"},"modified":"2022-04-09T20:44:47","modified_gmt":"2022-04-10T00:44:47","slug":"video-bus-monitor-praised-for-helping-child-experiencing-seizure-it-meant-everything","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/video-bus-monitor-praised-for-helping-child-experiencing-seizure-it-meant-everything\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO &#8211; Bus Monitor Praised for Helping Child Experiencing Seizure: &#039;It Meant Everything&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fvideo-bus-monitor-praised-for-helping-child-experiencing-seizure-it-meant-everything%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1427151&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">The family of a boy in New Bedford, Rhode Island, who experienced a seizure is thankful for the bus monitor who stepped in to help.<\/p>\n<p>Cassie Fortin\u2019s nine-year-old son, Haydyn, is non-verbal, autistic, and also has epilepsy, so when he did not immediately get off the bus after it stopped outside their home, she knew something was wrong, WPRI <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpri.com\/news\/local-news\/se-mass\/she-went-above-and-beyond-bus-monitor-hailed-hero-after-helping-young-boy-having-seizure\/\">reported<\/a> Friday.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Epilepsy is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mayoclinic.org\/diseases-conditions\/epilepsy\/symptoms-causes\/syc-20350093\">described<\/a> as a neurological disorder in which a person\u2019s brain activity becomes abnormal, resulting in seizures and other symptoms, according to the Mayo Clinic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSeizure symptoms can vary widely. Some people with epilepsy simply stare blankly for a few seconds during a seizure, while others repeatedly twitch their arms or legs,\u201d the website said.<\/p>\n<p>When Fortin\u2019s husband went to find out what was going on, Fortin saw Alyssa Krebs, the bus monitor, help her husband carry the child off the bus to a safe area.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThey both had him under his arms and I just flew over there,\u201d Fortin recalled. \u201cI had to make sure he was breathing, that was my only priority.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The other woman remained calm throughout the ordeal, she noted, adding, \u201cShe doesn\u2019t know how much she helped us in that moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a post April 1 on what appeared to be her Facebook page, Fortin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cassANDthechaos\/posts\/4968014483290251\">relayed<\/a> the story and thanked the bus monitor for helping them carry her son to a flat surface nearby.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI could tell she was really scared, but I want her to know she did well and we appreciate her help and patients [sic],\u201d she wrote:<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cassANDthechaos\/posts\/4968014483290251\" data-width=\"640\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/graph.facebook.com\/100002452459942\/posts\/4968014483290251\/\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\">\n<p>Haydyn had a seizure as he was stepping off the bus. I just need to extend my appreciation to the bus monitor for her\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/health\/2022\/04\/09\/video-bus-monitor-praised-helping-child-experiencing-seizure-meant-everything\/#\" role=\"button\">Cass Fortin<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/graph.facebook.com\/100002452459942\/posts\/4968014483290251\/\">Friday, April 1, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Seizures never surprise Haydyn because he has apparently had over 400; however, they are still difficult to experience.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m so thankful for her because that could have been so much worse,\u201d Fortin commented. \u201cIt meant everything. \u2026 I can remember when Haydyn had his first seizure and I can remember how scared I was, so I can\u00a0imagine how that felt for her.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The family of a boy in New Bedford, Rhode Island, who experienced a seizure is thankful for the bus monitor who stepped in to help. 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