Quick thinking nine-year-old saved Telford mother's life with 999 call

The drama unfolded when Megan's mother, Debbie Carr, was struck down with severe pain and was unable to move.

Megan, who lives in Wappenshall, Telford, first called her father Stuart, but he was away on business over 100 miles away and could not help.

She then called her grandfather, but he was at work and could not answer her call.

Finally, she managed to get hold of her uncle, who told her to put the phone down and call 999.

The Meadows Primary School pupil called an ambulance and in the meantime followed the instructions given to her by the call operator.

Megan's younger sister Abigail, aged seven, was also on hand to help while the family waited for an ambulance to arrive.

The drama happened on March 22 after the 31-year-old had been feeling unwell all day.

Miss Carr said she did not feel right in the morning while she was getting her daughters ready for school.

The lunchtime supervisor, said: "I was running around all day getting the girls ready for school and getting odd jobs done.

"I didn't feel right but I didn't think anything of it.

"Then when I got home after picking the girls up from school I was very ill.

"Megan could see I wasn't right and called everyone she could think of before she got hold of her Uncle Sid, who told her to call an ambulance.

"She did that straight away and she followed all the instructions that were given to her.

"She did amazing and she worked with her sister to make sure I was okay.

"It is amazing how well children can handle a situation like that when they need to.

"The paramedics were using really big words and when she was unsure she would ask them to repeat it, but she did ever so well."

Miss Carr was then taken to the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, where she was diagnosed with acute pancreatic.

She was kept in the Surgical Assessment Unit (SAU) before being transferred to high dependency unit as she was also diagnosed with pneumonia.

Now Miss Carr is back home, but is unable to go back to work and is on a lot of medication to get her fit and healthy again.

She added: "I ended up being admitted to The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, where I spent a little time on the Surgical Assessment Unit before I got transferred over to a high dependency unit as I got worse.

"While I was in the hospital I then got diagnosed with acute pancreatic and gained pneumonia and now while being at home I'm now being checked for liver and kidney failure due to how they are functioning.

"I am starting to eat again but it's not a great and I am unable to drive due to the medication I am on.

"I can't wait to get back to normal and go back to work."

She added: "After everything that has happened I am really grateful for my two daughters doing what they have done for me as they have saved my life."