Deb

ISR in particular is such an  important program, and why I fully believe that it adds for families.  It truly gives children the ability to survive in the water.  My personal story could have been very different had it not been for ISR, our daughter had just finished her first summer of instruction, and our son his third summer of instruction.  I was in the pool at home with both of them and was practicing with our son while our daughter sat on the top step, not even two feet away from me.  She was about 10 months old at the time and loved to sit and splash around.  I was slightly in front of her and frequently looked over my shoulder to check on her while launching our son to the wall and having him swim back to me.  After one launch he turned to swim back and said “Look Mommy, sister is floating!” I turned and sure enough, she was floating on her back, happy as can be. I honestly cant say whether I had last checked on her 30 seconds before or 2 minutes before, and that is a very scary thing.  Less than two feet away, and I never heard her go into the water-no splash, no bubbling, nothing.  I just know that its likely she went face first because she had been sitting with her back to the wall.  She used what she learned in ISR to flip over to her back and floated there until I was able to “rescue” her.  Had she not had those lessons, the outcome may have been dramatically different.  Less than two feet away, and I have no idea how long she was in the water before I noticed .  I thought I was paying close attention to both of my children, but that just goes to show how easy it is to get distracted, and that can mean the difference between life and death.  I am certain that, in our case, it was and that our daughter is still here today because of her life saving skills she obtained through ISR