A day after Greg Page suffered a cardiac arrest on stage during a sold-out fundraiser show, the second concert went ahead with the help of a special guest
“He wasn’t breathing so I just went in and did a little CPR and then someone handed me the defibrillator,” Grace Jones, 23, said on Saturday, adding that it was"really scary".
Asked if she had a message for the Yellow Wiggle, Ms Jones, who has been a Wiggles fan since childhood, said she hoped his chest wasn't"too sore". In a press conference on Saturday, NSW Ambulance paramedic Brian Parsell said Page had experienced a blockage of a blood vessel to the heart, leading to a cardiac arrest."It was only through the efforts of bystanders before we arrived that he is alive today," Mr Parsell said.But on Saturday night the second concert went ahead after the group posted a photo of Page smiling with his thumb up in hospital and said his"main concern was that the show tonight should go on".
The current Wiggles group, including current Yellow Wiggle Emma Watkins and original Blue Wiggle Anthony Field.Emma Watkins, the first female Wiggle, joined the popular children's band in 2012 after Page was forced to leave the group due to an orthostatic intolerance diagnosis, which can result in fainting, blurry vision and nausea when forced to stand for long periods of time.
Page had previously left the group due to health concerns in 2006, before returning for a brief stint. Anthony Field, Murray Cook and Jeff Fatt. Field, the Blue Wiggle, is the only original member still in the group.
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