At church this morning, I watched an older man have a heart attack or a stroke or something directly in front of me... Like the seat in front of me. A few people there were nurses and said things like ,"he's not breathing", "get the defibrillator" and "I don't feel a pulse"... Not sure if he's ok but it was traumatic to say the least. Please pray that he is going to be ok. :( At one point all I could think of was, "oh my God, is he going to be all right?" and my leg would not stop shaking. I felt the flutter of a panic attack - but it didn't come. I've never been there while someone took their last breath. And I kept thinking that he wasn't with his family - how scary must that be?
As I sat there watching it all happen I felt almost frozen. There was nothing I could do. Everyone who was helping him was a nurse or an EMT or had experience with this stuff.
It makes me want to get re-certified in the defibrillator and CPR in case that happens again and no one qualified is around. I'll update this as soon as I hear how he is. I really hope he is ok.
October has me dealing with my fears and death is one of the biggies for me.
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