GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) —The holidays will be extra special this year for a five-year-old boy and his family after he suffered cardiac arrest at school in October.
It was a typical day on the playground at Palmer Elementary school in Grand Rapids before Muhqueed went into cardiac arrest. Now, Lameel Muhqueed’s family credits the fast actions of his school’s staff and the hospital for saving his life.
“We got a phone call that he had collapsed on the playground and he was unresponsive so then we rushed up, ran out the door,” said Laura Muhqueed, Lameel’s mother. “They were giving him CPR, had to shock him with the AED machine and then they were able to get a response within five minutes.”…