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Originally Posted by BigSteph
On Labor Day morning, my mother attempted to take my father to urgent/emergency care, as his oxygen was getting low. He collapsed on the driveway.
The members of the Hawkins Emergency Response Team arrived shortly after the first call to 911 occurred.
I was out of town and my mother was alone with my father.
She said that people from all over arrived and immediately offered assistance -- some on the team and others just supportive neighbors.
She said that her neighbors did everything they could to revive my father. They remained until after the paramedics left.
One of the members, who is a neighbor, whom my mother had not met, drove her to the hospital.
This was traumatic for my mother and each person helped in their own way -- lessening the stress on my mother.
My father passed away, as neither the Hawkins Team, paramedics, or emergency room could revive him.
Thank you for being there, even though he didn't make it.
If you haven't volunteered or offered assistance in some way to your Village Emergency Responder Team, I urge you to reconsider.
Thanks,
Big Steph
Son of Charles E. Harris, Jr. (1940-2023).
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I am sorry for the loss of your father, please accept my condolences.
What a blessing your neighbors were to your mom at a time where she most certainly needed support. The neighbor who took your mom to the hospital could have possibly saved your mom's live, or the lives of others.
My husband had a stroke almost 5 years ago, and survived against the odds. He was air lifted from The Villages Hospital to Shands, where he stayed for 3 1/2 months. I stayed there every day, and night too. When he was first flown to Shands I drove in my car to Shands. I should never have been driving in that state. But at the time it never dawned on me not to. I almost hit a car in front of me who was stopped at a red light.