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conuly ([personal profile] conuly) wrote2014-04-26 11:15 am

Yesterday, Evangeline tried to give me CPR

I didn't quite figure it out until she started breathing into my mouth. LOL, what goes through their heads?

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[identity profile] elenbarathi.livejournal.com 2014-04-27 09:01 pm (UTC)(link)
LOL, I would guess that what went through her head was curiosity about just how one would go about doing CPR, and it didn't occur to her that one can't use a conscious, breathing person as a practice dummy.