Nee Naw Experience

[dotinthesky]

I was sitting in my kitchen this morning, writing in my paper journal, when the intercom rang. I picked it up and this guy said "can you let me in?" I replied that I couldn't let anyone in unless I knew them, to which he then said that he was a carer for the man in apartment ##, and that the man was having a seizure at that very moment in our hallway!

So I let the carer in and stepped out. I asked if he needed help, if I should call someone. I could hear someone gurgling; he said no, he was fine. I looked down the staircase and there was a black man in his forties lying on the stone floor, his eyes bulging out and staring at nothing. His carer had a hand on his cheek and was kneeling beside him.

I came back into the apartment and told Kevin what was happening. A few minutes later, I heard what sounded like crying. This morbid thought crossed my mind that the guy had died and his carer was upset! I went outside my apartment again and the man wasn't in the same spot anymore; there was a sound of thrashing body, gurgling and moaning. I climbed down to see if I could help with anything; the man was having another seizure, this time further down (closer to his apartment door?) His carer was speaking to someone on his cellphone.

Five minutes later, as I was coming out of the building, an ambulance arrived. I held the door open for one of the medics (a very calm woman) to carry her bags inside. The carer came running up towards them and I had a chance to look at him. I wondered if he realized I was the guy who'd let him in earlier.

I hope my neighbour is ok...

Comments

[steer.livejournal.com]

Eeeek! Then if the carer knew it was a seizure before he opened the door I guess it is something that had happened to that man before?

[ex-nihilo.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry. Dumb American question here. Carer? Is that like a caregiver?

[greenteablack.livejournal.com]

OH my goodness, that's frightening. I've only seen someone have a seizure once and that was in grade 7 and I had no idea what to do to help.

[dilvalicious.livejournal.com]

crazy!

[desayuno-ingles.livejournal.com]

yikes, no fun! nice of you to let the caretaker in, I wonder if I would have gone to check on the person first. I feel so cynical, sometimes.

[4q.livejournal.com]

wow, that's some craziness. I saw someone get taken out of a car using the jaws of life, because their car, got hit by a bus right outside my old apartment.