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JONATHAN AND VERONICA Gerwig are pictured in their home with their six children. The CPR efforts of the parents, a Findlay police officer and dispatcher are being credited with saving the life of 3-month-old Isabella, who is pictured sitting on her mom’s lap wearing a headband. The Gerwig’s other children are (left to right) Taylor, 3; Michael, 3 months; Hunter, 2; Meredith, 5, and Riley, 1. (Photo by Randy Roberts)


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Recent lifesaving efforts praised


By JORDAN CRAVENS
staff writer


What began as a typical Saturday morning for Findlay parents Jonathan and Veronica Gerwig, quickly transformed into a life threatening moment.
As they were loading their six children into their van on Sept. 26, they noticed their 2-month old daughter Isabella stopped breathing.
"She could breath in, but she couldn't breath out," said Jonathan Gerwig.
On first instinct, the child's mother began administering CPR to her infant daughter as her husband dialed 911 and was placed on the line with dispatcher Doreen Roesch.
Roesch was able to help coach Isabella's mother through the process, according to Findlay Police Chief Greg Horne.
She also routed nearby Officer Don Dawson to the family's Imperial Lane home. He arrived before EMS and fire crews and assisted in giving the baby CPR, Horne said.
Both Roesch and Dawson were commended last week by City Council for helping revive Isabella.
"The police officer did a great job when he came. He took her from us and I backed off when he came. He took her to the ambulance and she was fine when she was in the ambulance," Gerwig said.
"The cop said if we didn't do what we were doing, she probably wouldn't have made it," Gerwig said.
When he arrived on scene, Dawson said he did a couple cycles of breaths and compressions to Isabella before the ambulance arrived. He continued CPR while he walked the baby toward the ambulance, he said.
"I heard the baby grunt, her eyes were open and she was getting some redness back in her face," he said.
From there, the baby started crying and the ambulance transported her to the hospital, Dawson said.
"I've done this same thing before on a baby, this is the first one I've seen come through," he said.
Dawson explained that between 97 and 99 percent of people who have CPR done to them don't survive.
He credited the parents for knowing CPR and encouraged others to get trained.
"I think that was the No.1 reason the kid probably lived," Dawson said.
Isabella, who has a twin brother, is at home and doing well, her father said.






One thing, The dispatcher really didn't help. We already knew what we were doing. Which was lost somehow when the credit was being distributed, thats why this reporter wanted us to be credited as well.