She said his right arm seemed funny, and he continued to blink his right eye. And then he fell onto the bed.
Jack has Parkinson’s disease, so Barbara thought it might be something related to that. Jack told her not to worry about him, but just to be safe, she called 911.
And that call saved his life.
The fire department came in less than two minutes, with the ambulance not far behind.
Jack had a stroke that morning, and Barbara’s quick action combined with the ambulance’s speed saved his life.
Barbara, as well as the two EMS personnel who drove the ambulance, Deborah Kneaves and Ashley Aitken, received the American Stroke Association’s Brain Saver Award Friday Oct. 23.
“It’s due to them not to me,” Barbara said, “It’s the fire department and ambulance people who did everything.”
When Barbara called 911, she said did not know that Jack was having a stroke. She thought it could be something with his Parkinson’s or a mini-stroke, but decided that going to the hospital would be the best option.
“A phone call is nothing to make,” Barbara said.
Jack tried to convince Barbara he was fine, but she said she knew better.
“It’s a man thing,” she said.
Jack continues to recover. He walks with a cane and cannot see out of his right eye, but if it was not for his wife of 52 years, he said he would not be alive.
Barbara said that Jack jokes about the award now. He said that if he did not have a stroke, she would not have gotten all the attention.
She said that 52 years of marriage requires a sense of humor.
The American Stroke Association recommends that people call 911 if they see any of the following symptoms:
• Sudden numbness or weakness of the face, arm or leg, especially on one side of the body;
• Sudden confusion, trouble speaking or understanding;
• Sudden trouble walking, dizziness, loss of balance or coordination;
• Sudden, severe headache with no known cause.
Printed in the Kansas City Nursing News. Find more nursing stories at kcnursingnews.com.
Jack had a stroke that morning, and Barbara’s quick action combined with the ambulance’s speed saved his life.
Barbara, as well as the two EMS personnel who drove the ambulance, Deborah Kneaves and Ashley Aitken, received the American Stroke Association’s Brain Saver Award Friday Oct. 23.
“It’s due to them not to me,” Barbara said, “It’s the fire department and ambulance people who did everything.”
When Barbara called 911, she said did not know that Jack was having a stroke. She thought it could be something with his Parkinson’s or a mini-stroke, but decided that going to the hospital would be the best option.
“A phone call is nothing to make,” Barbara said.
Jack tried to convince Barbara he was fine, but she said she knew better.
“It’s a man thing,” she said.
Jack continues to recover. He walks with a cane and cannot see out of his right eye, but if it was not for his wife of 52 years, he said he would not be alive.
Barbara said that Jack jokes about the award now. He said that if he did not have a stroke, she would not have gotten all the attention.
She said that 52 years of marriage requires a sense of humor.
The American Stroke Association recommends that people call 911 if they see any of the following symptoms:
• Sudden numbness or weakness of the face, arm or leg, especially on one side of the body;
• Sudden confusion, trouble speaking or understanding;
• Sudden trouble walking, dizziness, loss of balance or coordination;
• Sudden, severe headache with no known cause.
Printed in the Kansas City Nursing News. Find more nursing stories at kcnursingnews.com.
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