As a parent, you want to protect your kids from all harm. But sometimes danger sneaks up on you without warning.
John Curtin, a father of three, learned that the heart guard his son was wearing while playing baseball was not a wasteful purchase. In fact, after his son was hit dead center in his chest by a speeding ball, John credits the heart guard for saving his life. Without the guard, the boy's heart could have stopped due to the impact.
Many parents believe that a heart guard is a pointless purchase, but John insists that it's not worth the risk when you can easily protect your kids. He wants to put his story out there so that other parents can make an educated decision to buy the special shirts.
Luckily, John's son is perfectly fine. But when the dad thinks of what could have happened, he knows how lucky he is.
You can read his post below.
John Curtin is a father of three who wants to give some advice to the parents of baseball players: After his son got hit in the chest with a baseball, one thing potentially saved his life.
Because his 11-year-old was wearing a heart guard, the boy is alive.
In the post below, he urges parents to not take a chance, and to buy the heart guard.
For all you parents that have children that pitch, do me a favor and run out and buy a heart guard shirt.for your child. [sic]
My 11-year-old Ryan wears one and it literally might have saved his life today.
He was pitching and one of the hardest hit line drives came back and hit him straight dead center in the chest and the heart guard absorbed the hit.
He was in a lot of pain but a lot better than the alternative. The other coach is an EMT and said if he didn’t have that on that he might have been giving my son CPR.
It was one of the scariest moments I ever had with my kids. We are at urgent care getting chest X-rays now.
Just some advice. $30 to $50 no brainer.
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