St. Louis, MO. -- A fourth grader used what she learned during a science fair project to save her grandpa's life. Sophia Tabors entered her school's science fair using a project on strokes.
"My other grandpa had a stroke and during that stroke I'm like, 'Well it'd be interesting to find out why strokes happen and what causes them,'" Tabors told KMOV.
Tabors won a second place ribbon for her entry on stroke research but the real reward came two months later when her other grandpa had a stroke.
"He dropped a bag of apples," said Tabors. "He was staring at it and I was trying to ask him if he was okay…he was saying something but I didn't get it and his face was droopy on one side."
She knew her grandpa was having a stroke before anyone else did.
"I told my mom what was happening and she called 911," Tabors said.
Dr. Amer Alshekhlee credits the quick-thinking 10-year-old for saving her grandpa's life.
"I have no doubt she saved a lot of his functions and probably his life, too," said Dr. Alshekhlee.
Now, Tabors' grandpa is recovering nicely, thanks to his granddaughter.
