I factually acquired goosebumps interpretating Jenny McCarthy's tale about the day she set up out her son had autism and the day his heart stopped. Jenny talked to Oprah and People magazine about her experience. Here is some excerpts from her story... McCarthy and her son were visiting her parents when his eyes rolled to the back of his head and he started foaming at the mouth. “I put my hand on him and I kept saying, ‘Stay with me.’ I felt like he was going. And after a few moments I felt his heart stop.” When the paramedics finally arrived Jenny recalled "'I think his heart just stopped,’ and they actually looked at me like I was crazy… They casually came walking over, did their tests and confirmed I was right and immediately started CPR. At that very moment… I remember thinking, ‘Why..? Why God, why me..?’ and then I heard this voice: ‘Everything is going to be OK.’”
The local hospital wouldn’t take Evan so they had to drive three hours back to LA to get him the care he needed, all the while Evan suffered from several seizures on the way. Jenny recalls her visit to a neurologist. ...