The Old Folks Home

[chickadoodles]

That is great that you and your husband helped her and her family Cynthia. Glad she will be ok. I hope your knee will be ok. And yes running and falling is alot more painful as we get older. God Bless all of you

 

[drumstick diva]

what a scary story - too many people are unnoticed. She was very lucky to have neighbors like you and your husband.

I find myself thinking before I do things now - I'm impulsive. I used to love shoveling snow in the middle of the night because it was so peaceful. Now I don't. If I fall or have a cardiac episode or ??
none of the neighbors would even notice. WE only have a couple of street lights, far apart so it's dark as pitch in most places.

You are right about the fact that old people shouldn't run. Every time the stoplight changed with me in the middle I've run - the drivers will not yield- and when I reach the other side, I have fallen 3 times - the sudden running makes me dizzy. If I fell in the street - everybody on their cell phones would leave tire marks on my mangled body.

Now I am the oldie who waits at the corner forever. I won't cross unless the light' just changes' as I approach. I can't start any later or I'll never make it across 6 lanes of traffic. Pedestrians get NO Respect. Plus I think they get more points if they bag a senior.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Now I am the oldie who waits at the corner forever. I won't cross unless the light' just changes' as I approach. I can't start any later or I'll never make it across 6 lanes of traffic. Pedestrians get NO Respect. Plus I think they get more points if they bag a senior.

More points yet if they bag 2 at a time.

Or we need to run more - under controlled circumstances. The less we move, the less we're able to move.

 

[Arielle]

My goodness, what an afternoon we had yesterday. A neighbor gal brought by some wood for DH to work on for her Scouts..and Arrow Plaque. She went home while he worked on it. Said it would be ok to call her when done. He got done. Thought, I should just go over and show her and see if it is ok. She's lives across the street two houses over. She is sitting on the back porch looking at her mail, her two little girls are out there playing. He starts to talk to her, she turns her head around to look at him, then starts to say...oh..oh..stands up and dad says, her eyes didn't look right..he said, you better sit down..are you ok..can I get you anything? She passes out, he catches her. He calls me because he doesn't know what to do. I know she has diabetes. I said I'm coming..I ran..I fell as I got to the curb across the street. I got up, being careful to think..anything broken? I felt ok, I started to run again. Got to the back porch, she was half conscious.. eyes open but couldn't talk, even after I rubbed her mid chest area, no response. I call 911. The police get there first. I did what the 911 operator had suggested. Flat on her back, chin up. Couldn't give her anything sweet, she wasn't conscious enough to swallow. The next door neighbor had seen me running by her front window, she also knows about this gal and her diabetes. She thankfully has the husbands work number. He informs us that she is pregnant..as the paramedics got there. We were trying to get some sweet paste into her mouth, but it was clenched pretty tight, got some in. When they checked her blood sugar, it wouldn't even register. I was holding my hand under her head while they started an IV. Still not conscious. By then neighbors could see what was going on, they got hold of relatives..a sister and a niece. The sister took the kids..but, in the meantime, DH was wonderful watching them while I was on the phone, and working with her. I was talking to her, not sure she could hear me, but I kept my hand under her head, and they gave me the paste to give to her a little at a time. She wasn't swallowing..I said, she isn't swallowing, she needs to have her head turned..and sure enough, out came most of what the police officer had given her, and what I had given her. That's when they said, let's just take her now. Off she went, off went the kids..asked the next door neighbor if she would let us know how she was because the husband was going to call her back. She came to our house later, and said that she will be fine. They were keeping her a while to watch her. She's had three children with this illness..which is dangerous, and now, she is trying again. If DH hadn't gone over there, no one would have been there when she passed out. So happy he felt inspired to go over instead of calling. He would have thought she wasn't home.

I'm sore today, did something to my left knee for sure. At least, no broken bones! I'll be fine in a couple of days of taking it easy, pretty sure. I fell pretty hard..old people shouldn't run. :/ I'm so glad she was doing ok last night, haven't heard anything today. Hope that baby is ok too!

THe lord works in mysterious ways-- he sent your DH to help for sure. Glad she will be ok. Diabetes and pregnancy is a challenge. A friend was able to have 2.

you will be so very sore tomorrow, a hot bath would do wonders. Old folks can run, just not fall!!

 

[Noncentzter]

That is great that you and your husband helped her and her family Cynthia. Glad she will be ok. I hope your knee will be ok. And yes running and falling is alot more painful as we get older. God Bless all of you

X2!

 

[chickisoup]

Quote: a very sincere X3

 

[tnspursfan09]

My goodness, what an afternoon we had yesterday. A neighbor gal brought by some wood for DH to work on for her Scouts..and Arrow Plaque. She went home while he worked on it. Said it would be ok to call her when done. He got done. Thought, I should just go over and show her and see if it is ok. She's lives across the street two houses over. She is sitting on the back porch looking at her mail, her two little girls are out there playing. He starts to talk to her, she turns her head around to look at him, then starts to say...oh..oh..stands up and dad says, her eyes didn't look right..he said, you better sit down..are you ok..can I get you anything? She passes out, he catches her. He calls me because he doesn't know what to do. I know she has diabetes. I said I'm coming..I ran..I fell as I got to the curb across the street. I got up, being careful to think..anything broken? I felt ok, I started to run again. Got to the back porch, she was half conscious.. eyes open but couldn't talk, even after I rubbed her mid chest area, no response. I call 911. The police get there first. I did what the 911 operator had suggested. Flat on her back, chin up. Couldn't give her anything sweet, she wasn't conscious enough to swallow. The next door neighbor had seen me running by her front window, she also knows about this gal and her diabetes. She thankfully has the husbands work number. He informs us that she is pregnant..as the paramedics got there. We were trying to get some sweet paste into her mouth, but it was clenched pretty tight, got some in. When they checked her blood sugar, it wouldn't even register. I was holding my hand under her head while they started an IV. Still not conscious. By then neighbors could see what was going on, they got hold of relatives..a sister and a niece. The sister took the kids..but, in the meantime, DH was wonderful watching them while I was on the phone, and working with her. I was talking to her, not sure she could hear me, but I kept my hand under her head, and they gave me the paste to give to her a little at a time. She wasn't swallowing..I said, she isn't swallowing, she needs to have her head turned..and sure enough, out came most of what the police officer had given her, and what I had given her. That's when they said, let's just take her now. Off she went, off went the kids..asked the next door neighbor if she would let us know how she was because the husband was going to call her back. She came to our house later, and said that she will be fine. They were keeping her a while to watch her. She's had three children with this illness..which is dangerous, and now, she is trying again. If DH hadn't gone over there, no one would have been there when she passed out. So happy he felt inspired to go over instead of calling. He would have thought she wasn't home.

I'm sore today, did something to my left knee for sure. At least, no broken bones! I'll be fine in a couple of days of taking it easy, pretty sure. I fell pretty hard..old people shouldn't run. :/ I'm so glad she was doing ok last night, haven't heard anything today. Hope that baby is ok too!

One for you and

one for your DH...you guys rock!

 

[Wisher1000]

Quote:
X2!

 

[ozexpat]

With a change in flight from Bacolod to Manila I would have missed my flight to LAX so I got to stay in Bacolod for an extra night.

No chickens. No Bernie. Just Mrs Oz and the kids. What a great thing.

 

[Dragonfly216]

Hello everyone! I was invited over by my new friend, Wisher1000, and I'm so new to chickens, that I don't even have them yet, lol! I'm getting a dozen baby chicks in a couple of weeks from Wisher, I can't wait! I'm from McCalla Alabama, outside of Birmingham, out in the woods. My boyfriend and I, well mostly him, built a pretty nice chick brooder this weekend and now I'm ready to go! I'm quite excited :-D