Christmas with relatives is never drama-free.
But Lizzy Bristow's 2021 Christmas dinner takes some beating.
The specialist LGBTQ fitness coach - who goes by @bodybydaddy/LGBTQ FITNESS on TikTok - recounted the crazy story of how she rescued her girlfriend's grandma, right after she made a homophobic comment.
In a video posted to TikTok, Bristow recounted the dramatic moment.
"Do you what it's like to give CPR to your girlfriend's grandmother on Christmas, at Christmas dinner? Let me tell you," she begins, before launching into the story.
She continues: "Okay! So, it's Christmas dinner. I'm sitting next to her brother, across from me is the 91-year-old grandmother. My girlfriend's out of the room and her mom is out of the room.
"We had steak for dinner, it was delicious. The brother notices though, that the grandmother is chewing, looking down and she can't swallow something. She's really struggling."
Bristow then describes how things took a turn for the worse.
"All of a sudden her face turns blue, I stand up. 'Does anyone know the Heimlich?'
"The oldest brother, the strongest one, he tries. But he doesn't know what he's doing, because he's not CPR certified. I am. I jump up, he's like 'Take over, take over!' I'm like 'okay.'"
Bristow begins giving granny the Heimlich - but it's no good, and to her horror, the old lady faints in her arms.
"I lay her down on the ground and I start compressions. Everyone around me is losing it. I yell for someone to call 911, everyone just scatters," she continues.
She then reveals that this is the woman who just an hour earlier had made a homophobic comment when she asked Bristow if she was "the boy."
"And now I'm over her, and I'm giving her compressions, probably breaking her ribs."
Eventually, a small piece of steak appears in the grandma's mouth and she regains consciousness.
"I felt like I won the Super Bowl," Bristow recalled triumphantly.
"I never want to do that again. Everyone get CPR certified," she finished.
In a follow-up video, Bristow revealed that her CPR had in fact broken ribs - every single one of them.
She added that her girlfriend's grandma was recovering in hospital and that when she heard who her savior was she'd told Bristow that she's done a "good job."
And she wasn't the only one to congratulate the fitness coach, whose TikTok about the event had already racked up over 7.9 million views and over 13,000 comments.
"For the rest of her life she’s going to recount the tale of the handsome young man that saved her life," one user joked.
"The boy? No ma’am. THE HERO!" added another.
