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4-Year-Old Calls 911 to Help Pregnant Mom Suffering Seizure

Centerria Manning's daughter Calise called 911 after Manning had a seizure on Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015.
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January 24, 2015, 8:01 PM

 -- A 4-year-old Michigan girl helped to save her pregnant mother by calling 911 after her mother fell to the ground in the middle of a seizure.

Calise Manning was able to dial 911 after her nearly 9-month-pregnant mother, Centerria Manning, started to have a seizure Wednesday.

Manning told ABC News that Calise remained completely calm throughout the ordeal and was able to give important details to the 911 operator including Manning's address, the color of their home and the fact that Manning was pregnant.

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"She's shaking and she's having a baby," Calise told the 911 operator, according to WWMT-TV in Kalamazoo, Michigan. "My mom is really pregnant and she's having a boy and she really needs help."

Manning said she woke up before the ambulance arrived and her daughter was there to comfort her.

"She was standing over me," recalled Manning. " She was like 'OK Mommy, the ambulance is going to be here in a minute.'"

Manning, who is epileptic, said she had been practicing for this scenario since Calise was just 2 years old.

"I explained to Calise, 'Mommy has seizures,'" Manning said. "Just in case I ever had one, she wouldn't freak out."

All that practice paid off on Wednesday when Calise not only calmly called 911 but opened the door for the paramedics. The girl never once cried or panicked, according to her mother.

"It was like, wow, she really knew what she was talking about," Manning said of Calise's 911 call.

After arriving at the hospital, Manning was treated with anti-seizure medication and doctors decided to start labor to keep Manning and her son healthy. On Friday morning Manning gave birth to a healthy baby boy named TJ.

Manning said Calise is overjoyed at being a big sister.

"She doesn't want anyone to hold him but her," Manning said. "[She said] 'I'm the best big sister in the world.' She's loving it."

Manning said both she and TJ are being monitored but that she expects the infant to be released either Sunday or Monday, while she expects to leave later next week.