By Lucy Chesterton
Pictures: Andrew Jacob
In a desperate race to revive her son, Alice and her mum followed the 000 operator’s instructions and saved his life…
Woman’s Day Make My Day: $500,000 worth of wishes come true…
Name: Alice Bartlett
Her dream: To start afresh in a new home without a pool after her son’s near-fatal accident
Ready for his first day at school, lively four-year-old Jaidyn Bartlett proudly shows off his new uniform, complete with khaki hat flopping over his eyes. It’s a moment every mother treasures for ever ? and for Jaidyn’s beaming mum Alice, this milestone is all the more special after she nearly lost him in a pool accident.
Alice, 26, and her mum Stephanie, 50, stood watching helplessly as their precious boy fought for his life in a Sydney hospital, locked in a three-day coma.
Stephanie’s voice cracks as she recalls the moment she realised something terrible had happened to her grandson, while Alice still feels the terror at seeing Jaidyn’s tennis racquet floating in the family’s backyard pool.
“I saw a dark patch on the bottom and I realised it was the denim shorts he was wearing,” says Alice.
Terrified, she jumped into the water, desperate to save her son. “I jumped in and put my hands down, searching, and my arm touched his arm underwater. I remember pulling him out. He was grey.”
See more about Jaidyn’s rescue on Triple Zero Heroes on Sunday, February 8 at 8pm, on Seven.
For the full story, and to see how we made Alice Bartlett’s day, see this week’s Woman’s Day (on sale February 2).
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