Saturday, October 3, 2009

WHAT AN EVENING!!

So this evening I was home by myself while the boys were a Priesthood. Lindsey who stays with us every other weekend while she works her shifts at the hospital came home and said that she was hungery. I suggested that we go get something to eat. I have been craving a baked potatoe, so I said, "Lets go to Jason's Deli." They have the best BIG baked potatoe. So off we went. We were driving behind the mall, when a guy came up to the car trying to get our attention. Lindsey said, "Look he is bleeding." Sure enought he was bleeding from the stomach and wanted us to call 911 for him. I told him to get lay down on the grass while I park my car. I grabbed a blanket out of the back of my car to start pressure on the wound and called 911. They said to have him lay down and start pressure. We were one step ahead of them. Then they said to elevate his legs, so some girls that stopped got out a tool box and did that. The dispatcher wanted details of what happen so this is what I was relying to the dispatcher as the guy(Iwill call him Joe. NOT HIS REAL NAME) told me. Joe was over by Golds Gym and a guy came up to him and asked him for money. Joe said that he did not have any money so the guy wanted to fight him. So Joe got punched in the face twice and then stabbed in the stomach. Dispatched asked for Joe's ID so I could give an address. He only had $4.00 in his wallet. I cant belive that we walked all the way over to the mall before someone saw him. Police finally got there after another guy stopped that happen to be an EMT and started helping the Joe with what I had in my first aid kit. Police interviews us and had Joe gone withing 5 minutes. After it was all over I was shaking like crazy. I was glad that I was there. I love things like that. The only sad part is the blanket that I used was on of my favorite. A fleece American flag that I had added a cute border too. All well it was for a good cause. I hope that Joe will be O.K.