Post by compassrose on Aug 1, 2016 19:52:38 GMT -5
That is seriously an amazing thing to do! You gave him privacy once the medics came-- that seems right to me. I would be shaking like a leaf, though, so I'm not surprised you are!
Be kind to yourself! You can always follow up with your plan to send him clothes or go visit him if you feel like it's a good idea. If not, as PP mentioned, there are so many orgs that help homeless vets that you could go that route.
Wow, you're seriously a hero. No exaggeration. You could have just saved someone's life because you had the ability and the reflexes to do so. But it had to be scary and that's going to take more than a few minutes (or hours or days or drinks) the bounce back from.
Thanks everyone. Boss just texted me that there's a homeless vet services org near my job and my dude receives services from them. I'm going to leave a package with them tomorrow.
Way to go, vicky. I've taken CPR almost every year for about 15 years now, and luckily have never had to use it yet. I always wonder if I could perform if needed.
Lol. Fitbit thinks I went up 125 flights of stairs today. No. Just chest compressions.
I realized how much I needed to get back in to weight lifting early on in intern year last year when I was sore the morning after doing cpr once. I never thought to check my Fitbit in the past, now I'm going to be thinkingn about it next time I'm doing cpr lol.
You are a wonderful person and very thoughtful for bringing this man a care package. Kudos to you!
Post by sparkythelawyer on Aug 2, 2016 22:01:38 GMT -5
Oh Vicky. What you did was amazing!
As someone who has her husband due to the actions of strangers, THANK YOU. THANK YOU for fighting for that man when he could not fight for himself. Your actions gave him today, tomorrow, etc. What you did was amazing. You are wonderful for having done so.