Kylie Grimes had spent months caring for four children while learning how to manage type 1 diabetes for her two youngest. By the night of July 31, 2025, she was running on fumes and felt like she had reached her limit.
So the Utah mother sought an unorthodox solution: she called 911 for herself.
Grimes later described the night in a Nov. 17, 2025 article from TODAY. The dispatcher asked what the emergency was. TODAY reports that Grimes said she was the emergency. The story has resurfaced this year as a mom’s mental health becomes a hotly debated topic around high-profile cases like Lindsay Clancy.
She was not trying to hurt herself or her children, she later explained. “I just needed relief,” she explained. “I needed the phones to stop beeping. I needed the kids to stop fighting. I needed the fear of trying to keep this baby alive to just subside for just a minute. I needed to just have a minute and come back in and collect myself.”
Two Diagnoses Had Changed the Family’s Days and Nights
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Grimes and her husband, Kyle, have four children. Their youngest, Noble, was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in April 2025 when he was just 7 months old.
Then, roughly two months later, their 6-year-old daughter Goldie received the same diagnosis after testing her blood sugar while the older children were making a game of checking their levels along with their little brother, according to TODAY.
According to TODAY, Grimes had been sleeping for less than two hours at a time, interrupted by monitors going off and babies waking up.
On July 31, Grimes was home with the children while her husband worked, according to People. It was around 9 p.m., dinner had not been made yet, and Noble’s blood sugar had been difficult to manage. Then came a perfect storm of overwhelming events.
One Difficult Night Finally Became Too Much
Noble got into a houseplant and put potting soil in his mouth. Grimes called poison control and was reassured that he likely had not swallowed enough to cause harm, but by then she was sitting on the kitchen floor crying.
“My kids come up to me and they’re asking where dinner is,” she recounted, as reported by People. “and I just completely lose it.”
Grimes called her husband, told him she needed help, and was told he was half an hour away. Thirty minutes suddenly felt too long. She then dialed 911, and first responders arrived while she sat outside holding Noble.
First responders stayed with Grimes and determined she was not a threat to herself and her children before putting her on the phone with a social worker with valuable resources to provide support.
A neighbor began helping with smaller tasks, while Kylie’s mother moved in with them.
On Aug. 22, 2025, after the call to 911, Kylie shared the experience on TikTok.
“The hardest thing to do when you’re struggling is ask for help,” Kyle told TODAY.