Leah Biggs with daughter Lyla Leathem – credit SWNS
When Lyla Leathem saw her mom collapse into an epileptic seizure, she remained calm and knew just what to do.
She knew she was supposed to call her great-grandmother—but her mom’s phone was locked. The four-year-old ran upstairs and asked Amazon Alexa to make the call instead.
Her mother, Leah Bigg, had fallen unwell at her home in Somerset on August 25th. Family members had previously shown Lyla how to use Alexa for phone calls as her mom often suffers from seizures at night which can be life-threatening. But they had no idea the youngster had listened—until she was called into action.
The women in Lyla’s family tree don’t wait around, so to speak, and the spry great-grandmother, only 54 years of age, rushed over and helped Leah recover at home.
“I had had a call from Leah in the morning. She said she had had a big fit in the night and bitten her tongue,” the 54-year-old told the British news media outlet, SWNS.
“Then we texted a few hours later and she said she didn’t need me to come over and was just resting. It wasn’t long after that that I had a call come through from Leah’s number—not a video call as usual, and when I answered it, it was Lyla saying ‘Nana, Mummy’s having a fit.'”
“I told her ‘Go to Mummy and stroke her hair and tell her it’s all going to be ok. I’m on my way.'”
‘Nana’ said that they had put Alexa in Leah’s bedroom because of the frequency with which the young mother suffered from nocturnal seizures. She then added that Lyla showed tremendous deductive reasoning to override her instructions of not leaving her mother’s side and using her phone to call for help, and then to run upstairs to use the Alexa unit instead.
“I’m so proud of her. That must have been such a difficult decision for a four-year-old.”
Lyla’s great-gran was so proud of her that she posted on a local Facebook group for help finding a ‘well done’ certificate.
Lyla Leathem with trophy and certificate for helping her mother – SWNS
Her request was met with dozens of offers of help, messages praising her for her “incredible bravery,” and even a corner story in the local gazette.
With their help, Lyla got a certificate and a trophy for her quick thinking and bravery.“I’ve been carrying around the newspaper from the County Gazette showing everyone I bump into about how amazing my little Lyla is,” said the understandably proud mother LeahQuick-thinking 4-year-old Girl Uses Alexa to Call for Help as Mom Suffers Epileptic Seizure
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