From the Augusta Chronicle, Thursday October 30, 2008
"In August 1997 the day after I had completed my 30th and final radiation treatment, I was walking my 9-month-old granddaughter around our backyard in her stroller while my mother watered flowers nearby. I asked Mother to watch Sarah while I went inside to prepare the baby's lunch. When I returned several minutes later, the grassy spot where I left Sarah playing in her stroller was empty. My mother, who was spraying flowers near the deep end of the swimming pool, had rolled the stroller closer to where she was watering but failed to apply the brake. The hose had pulled the stroller into the water and my mother, who was 78 and hard of hearing, hadn't heard the splash. I looked in the water and saw my granddaughter still buckled in the stroller resting on the drain in the middle of the pool. I was in my weakest state that day. A month prior to this, I had 28 lymph nodes removed and could hardly lift my right arm. God chose to perform a miracle. I dove in the water, which was 9 feet deep, and God gave me the strength to lift the baby and stroller to the side of pool. She was gray when I got her out of the water. I prayed "God help me!" while administering CPR. On the third attempt, she took a breath. Today Sarah (also pictured) is 11 years old and a gifted, straight-A student. She plays the piano, violin and softball."
More stories about and by BCPC's, Nita Zachow:
- Welcome cancer center to csra by Nita Zachow - February 2010 Opinion Column
- Get serious about breast cancer - October 2009 letter to the Editor, Augusta Chronicle
- Faces of Survival: Nita Zachow - October 2008, Augusta Chronicle
