Survivor stories

In less than 30 seconds Heidi Kuite’s 10-month-old son silently slipped under six inches of bath water.

Zayden had gotten out of his safety bath seat when Heidi went to get a towel. Seconds later, he was submerged.

Heidi’s husband Anthony returned to check on the baby and quickly pulled him out of the water. Zayden’s lips were blue and he wasn’t breathing.

Anthony started giving breaths and called for his wife.

Heidi had taken a CPR course four years earlier and knew what to do: immediately start CPR. Meanwhile, a family friend called 9-1-1.

“I was praying as I was giving him CPR,” she says.

Zayden regained consciousness and was taken to the hospital. He was released just four hours later. In August he celebrated his first birthday.

Heidi still chokes up when she tells the story.

“Don’t ever walk away from your baby in the bathtub, not even for a second,” Heidi says. “I think that everybody should learn CPR. It doesn’t take that long to do it, and it could save a life.”