(KY3) - If you take care of kids who will spend the summer at the pool or lake, you need to watch this On Your Side report. A family vacationing in Branson ended up in the emergency room.

Hours after swimming, a mother of a toddler says her son suddenly struggled to breathe and was gasping for air.

“Had a totally normal swim,” said Sara Ryerson. “He was jumping into the pool. We were catching him. Everything seemed fine.”

Sara Ryerson and her family live in Memphis. They recently stayed at a resort in Branson.

“The kids all wanted to go to the swimming pool. So we did. It was a very chlorinated pool. Which I never considered to be a problem,” she said.

Then it was bedtime.

“About two hours later, he woke up, almost with a seal barking cough. And it deteriorated quickly. Within five m

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