So I have officially joined the elites of the Super Hero Club as of last night. I am still working on my moniker and "Super Suit". I wonder if I can order a Preggers sign from the Commissioner to flash across the South Bay when I am needed....
They say hind sight is 20/20. You see things so much more clearly once the incident has passed. Last night I was part of a Divine Appointment choreographed by God to be at the right place at the right time to help save someones life. God is good.
Dan said he was going to be late so I told him he was on his own for dinner and that I would pick myself up some tacos and hit the pool to relax when I got home. Upon arriving home I texted the cavalry (my next door neighbor Nikki and my other neighbor Charli and her husband Rob) to see if they wanted to go with me. Rob was at class, Charli was going to stop by and Nikki would think about it. So off the the pool I went. Charli stopped by to hang for a minute before heading to our on site gym. Nikki soon followed and went straight into the pool. About a half hour later Nikki and I transitioned to the jacuzzi. Now before you get your panties in a bunch......... I know that I am not supposed to be in the jacuzzi. It is way to hot for me and the baby. I always sit on the side and I just dunk my feet in and out in and out to relax me and warm me a little but my feet don't stay in and I don't get in. There were 2 ladies, Hispanic, late 40's maybe even early 50's in the jacuzzi. I had noticed them when we were in the pool. They had been in the Jacuzzi as long as we were in the pool and then remained in the jacuzzi once we went over there. We were in the jacuzzi for about 20 minutes or so when the 2 ladies got out. They were sitting on a ledge to the left of the jacuzzi drying off and throwing their clothes back on. One of the women's eyes rolled into the back of her head and she slumped over falling off the ledge. Her girlfriend caught her and started slapping her around to wake her up. She came too again. About 2-3 minutes later she blacked out again and started to convulse. I called 911 and they sent 2 teams to our site. Nikki went out to the street to show them where we were and I let them into the locked pool area. As I suspected, the woman had suffered from extreme heat stroke as a result of the jacuzzi. She hadn't eaten since lunch. And for what I could understand from the Spanish I can recall she said she was taking 2 types of medication but hadn't taken them for the night because she had to take them with food.
Nikki and I were commended by the EMT teams for calling. They said most people would write it off as being tired or heat stroke and move on. But in her case it was important to get checked out because of how severe it was.
So thus begins my super hero career. Preganant by day, Super Hero (and still pregnant by night). I wonder if I can contact Mattel and get a contract for my own Super Hero doll. It could be just like Barbie but brunette and smarter with CERT expereince and come with its own EMT first responder kit. Hmmm, things to ponder upon......
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