By COURTNEY HUTCHISON
ABC News Medical Unit
Feb. 22, 2010
In mere seconds, a seemingly innocuous piece of food can turn deadly.
And Katherine Zuehlke, of Westerville, Ohio, knows firsthand there's
nothing more frightening than realizing your child is choking.
Over Christmas, the Zuehlkes had a scare when their nearly 2-year-old
daughter, Tiffany, began choking on a chocolate-covered peanut.
"She had had them before, but right away her eyes got all big
and she had this scared expression on her face, and we knew she was
choking," Zuehlke says.
Luckily, Tiffany's parents were able to perform the infant Heimlich maneuver and
got Tiffany to cough up the candy before she turned blue or had any
permanent damage. The toddler is doing fine, and their house will be
free of that candy for some time.
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