You just never know............ You never know when or where you will be needed. You never know when you may be in dire need of help. You never know what life is going to deal you today good or bad. After my morning workouts I was heading to my favorite diner not really paying attention to much of anything when I noticed a van just stopped in the middle of the road. There is a woman standing outside of her van screaming as all the cars continue to drive right past her as if she was blocking their paths to nowhere. I pulled over and she screamed at me her daughter was dying. I ordered another woman who thankfully did stop to call 911 knowing they were literally down he road. When I got to the daughter I could see she was in distress and possibly choking on her tounge. She was having a serious seizure and clearly unresponsive. I managed to get her tounge out the back of her throat and open her airway. I assured her mother she was breathing and that she was getting better by the minute. I looked in the back of the van and realized there were yet two more babies in the car who seemed scared but okay. The little girl was coming out of it but clearly exhausted from her episode. She could not respond to her mothers pleas but she was getting more and more relaxed. The mother was repeating over and over that no one would stop and help her. I began to think what if this happened to the mother of my children, my child, and people were more concerned about getting through the traffic obstruction than helping. It felt good to help and was he absolute right thing to do but it angers me that so many would rather ignore someone in need than get involved. You just never know and you must do better people, you dont know if it is you that will be helping or if it is you that will need the help, but either way we have to be able to respond and to help another unselfishly. The paramedics arrived and also assured the mother that she was okay. I of course got in my car and left but I am stuck with the image of this poor mother asking for help for her daughter who in her mothers eyes at least was dying. How can that go ignored? How is that even possible. The help I offered pales in comparison to the feeling of knowing in a small way I made a difference in this woman and her daughters life today. I am grateful for everything and everyone in my life today but that is highlighted today due to this one incident. Do your very best today for someone else and it will benefit you ten fold without a doubt. We are better than this!
Posted on: Mon, 14 Jul 2014 13:23:49 +0000
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