Joy-Anna Duggar reveals she rushed 1-year-old son to the ER after ‘terrifying’ choking moment

Joy-Anna Forsyth (née Duggar) and her husband, Austin Forsyth, had a “terrifying” incident with their 1-year-old son, Gunner, recently. 

In a YouTube video posted June 14, she recalled the moment when her youngest child choked and had to be taken to the hospital. Joy-Anna Forsyth said she gave Gunner some ham and he “bit off more than he could chew and immediately started choking.”

The couple were about “an hour away from the hospital,” she said, but thankfully her husband is an EMT and helped with the situation. 

“I just handed Gunner to Austin and I started crying,” she said. “All those what-ifs come to your mind right away. He threw up multiple times, still hadn’t thrown up the ham and was gagging and was not breathing for, like, 20 seconds.”

Gunner was able to take “some shallow breaths,” she said, “but was still struggling.” They decided to head to the hospital to make sure he was OK. 

However, there were a couple times when Gunner stopped breathing during the drive.

“I was just crying out to God, like, please save him,” she said, adding that she thought she was going to “lose one of my kids.”

Adding, “That thought of, ‘He is going to die’ came to my mind, and it was terrifying.”

With tears coming down her face, she said that he started breathing regularly and felt like his condition wasn’t “as life-threatening” as they thought before. 

Once they got to the hospital, they did X-rays to make sure there wasn’t anything stuck in his throat. Thankfully, she said, everything was clear.

“After something like that, I feel like you just really hug your babies a little bit tighter,” she said.

The former “Counting On" stars, who got married in May 2017, are parents to three children. 

Joy-Anna Forsyth previously revealed that she suffered a miscarriage in June 2019.

Read on for everything about Joy-Ann and Austin Forsyth's children. 

Gideon, 6

Joy-Anna and Austin Forsyth announced that they were pregnant with their first child together shortly after tying the knot. She made her pregnancy reveal on Aug. 30, 2017, on Instagram, sharing a photo of an ice cream bowl that read "Eating for two," and showing off her growing belly. 

Their son, Gideon Martyn Forsyth, was born on Feb. 23, 2018.

"We are so blessed by the arrival of our son, Gideon Martyn Forsyth! He was born on 02/23/18 @ 3:39pm, weighing 10lbs. 3oz. and was 22 inches long!" she wrote on Instagram. 

Evelyn, 3

The couple welcomed their second child, daughter Evelyn, on Aug. 21, 2020. 

“To say my heart is full is an understatement. We have been dreaming of this day and are so happy to announce that our baby girl arrived August 21st at 2:12 p.m. weighing 8lbs 5oz and is 19 & 1/2” long!” Joy-Anna Forsyth confirmed in a statement to TODAY.com at the time. 

Additionally, in their Instagram post sharing their happy news, they wrote, “She has the best personality, is easy going and loves to be held!”

“She has her nights and days mixed up, but honestly, I love it! Getting to spend that quiet, quality time with her through the night has been SO special,” the statement continued. 

Gunner, 1

The couple announced that they were expecting another baby on Oct. 5, 2022. Their family welcomed the newest member, son Gunner James Forsyth, on May 17, 2023. 

“He’s here! Thank you all for praying… Mama and baby are recovering well,” the shared on May 19, 2023, a couple days after Gunner’s arrival. 

In a follow-up photo, they called him “the sweetest lil man.”

Most recently, they celebrated Gunner's first birthday with some tasty cake. 

This article was originally published on TODAY.com