mcdenney
01-15-2008, 04:37 PM
I thought I would share with you something that happened yesterday that had me pretty shock up.
Yesterday afternoon I traveled to a place of business to get something repaired. This gentleman runs a repair shop and it is located kinda away from everything with the exception in the same parking lot resides an ole abandoned gas station type store that has been closed for a few years. The gas pumps are gone etc. Just before I left I noticed a gentleman about 50 years old pull up to the old store and get out and try to go in. The door was obviously locked and the repairman told him they were out of business and had been closed for some time.
The gentleman stated he was lost and wanted to know if we could help him. We both stated we would try our best. We asked him where he wanted to go and his response was I am trying to get home. Kinda has us both puzzled a little but we said where do you live? Well, he said I don't know. We then asked him his name and he didn't know. At this point I was getting kinda nervous about the situation but about that time the guy started to tear up a little and said that he couldn't remember anything. He didn't know his name, where he lived, his wifes name, where he was, NOTHING. I could see the guy was obviously pretty torn up over the whole thing. We asked him if he had any identification and he said what is that? Well, we discovered he had a driver's license and then got his name and home address. We looked it up in the phone book real quick just to verify and get a home phone number. I dial it but nobody is home. He said he could get home if we would just give him directions. I said bud you are not going anywhere until we find somebody who knows you, where you live, etc. This guy had pictures in his wallet, I am sure of his family and had no clue who anybody was. I really felt sorry for the guy. I asked him if he had a cell phone or anything and he wasn't sure. We found a peice of paper in his wallet that had a couple phone numbers on it and we started calling them. We finally got a hold of someone who he worked with and they were going to call someone close by to come get him. In the mean time, I finally found his business card in his vehicle that told me his home phone and a cell phone number. For whatever reason, I called the cell number and thankfully his wife answered. I told her where he was and what was going on. She said she would be there in minutes to get him.
Shortly after hanging up the phone a couple guys he worked with showed up and said they were working together just down the road and had been all day. They said he seemed fine but he did not know them either. At this point, I started asking the guy questions how he felt. He said he felt fine but that he had a bad headache. I immediately called his wife back and told her we needed to get him to the doctor immediately. Within minutes she was there and they were on their way to the hospital.
Needless to say my thoughts and prayers go out to him and his family. The guy had experienced a light stroke and the effects had caused him to lose his memory. According to his wife who just called he is resting now and his memory is coming back.
Guys you just never know what is going to happen. I know from this experince I would personally challenge all of us to do a better job of having contact information, emergency phone numbers,blood type, etc with us at all times because you just never know when it might be needed and it could save your life.
Yesterday afternoon I traveled to a place of business to get something repaired. This gentleman runs a repair shop and it is located kinda away from everything with the exception in the same parking lot resides an ole abandoned gas station type store that has been closed for a few years. The gas pumps are gone etc. Just before I left I noticed a gentleman about 50 years old pull up to the old store and get out and try to go in. The door was obviously locked and the repairman told him they were out of business and had been closed for some time.
The gentleman stated he was lost and wanted to know if we could help him. We both stated we would try our best. We asked him where he wanted to go and his response was I am trying to get home. Kinda has us both puzzled a little but we said where do you live? Well, he said I don't know. We then asked him his name and he didn't know. At this point I was getting kinda nervous about the situation but about that time the guy started to tear up a little and said that he couldn't remember anything. He didn't know his name, where he lived, his wifes name, where he was, NOTHING. I could see the guy was obviously pretty torn up over the whole thing. We asked him if he had any identification and he said what is that? Well, we discovered he had a driver's license and then got his name and home address. We looked it up in the phone book real quick just to verify and get a home phone number. I dial it but nobody is home. He said he could get home if we would just give him directions. I said bud you are not going anywhere until we find somebody who knows you, where you live, etc. This guy had pictures in his wallet, I am sure of his family and had no clue who anybody was. I really felt sorry for the guy. I asked him if he had a cell phone or anything and he wasn't sure. We found a peice of paper in his wallet that had a couple phone numbers on it and we started calling them. We finally got a hold of someone who he worked with and they were going to call someone close by to come get him. In the mean time, I finally found his business card in his vehicle that told me his home phone and a cell phone number. For whatever reason, I called the cell number and thankfully his wife answered. I told her where he was and what was going on. She said she would be there in minutes to get him.
Shortly after hanging up the phone a couple guys he worked with showed up and said they were working together just down the road and had been all day. They said he seemed fine but he did not know them either. At this point, I started asking the guy questions how he felt. He said he felt fine but that he had a bad headache. I immediately called his wife back and told her we needed to get him to the doctor immediately. Within minutes she was there and they were on their way to the hospital.
Needless to say my thoughts and prayers go out to him and his family. The guy had experienced a light stroke and the effects had caused him to lose his memory. According to his wife who just called he is resting now and his memory is coming back.
Guys you just never know what is going to happen. I know from this experince I would personally challenge all of us to do a better job of having contact information, emergency phone numbers,blood type, etc with us at all times because you just never know when it might be needed and it could save your life.