Two weeks ago, 11-year-old Amber Jahr nearly died.
"We thought she recovered from the flu, but apparently the virus went into her heart," said her mother, Julie.
But Amber felt fine and went to school. Then, during her physical education class, Amber went into cardiac arrest.
"She was slumped up against the bleachers," Phy. Ed. teacher Joe Horvath.
Horvath acted quickly and called the school nurse and 911. Soon, first responders arrived including school custodian Don Schrauth who called for the automated external defibrillator outside the gym.
"It makes it hard when it's somebody as small as she is. Usually you're with the older adults, but the little ones are really hard," Horvath said.
The school district bought the emergency defibrillators about five or six years ago, and without it Amber probably wouldn't have survived.
"The CPR we were doing was not enough for her. She needed the AED to restart her heart," said school nurse Wendy Roesler.
Amber now has a pacemaker like implant in her chest. "There are certain things she can't do, but other than that she should go on and live a healthy, normal life," Julie said. Amber returned to Omro Middle School on Jan. 10th.
Because of what happened the school and community are organizing CPR training session for others in the community.
SOURCE: WFRV
OMRO, Wis. -- An Omro girl is lucky to be alive all because three Omro School District employees acted quickly.