21 Chilling Moments When Gut Feelings Uncovered Shocking Truths Just in Time
Then she fell out of her chair onto the floor. I screamed and she tried to tell me that she was fine, her leg had just fallen asleep and she tripped, but her voice was coming out all slurred and only half of her face was moving. I recognized signs of a stroke from The Baby-Sitters Club.
I ran into the kitchen- she had no cell phone back then- and called 911. Well, first I called my best friend, the only phone number I could remember, and asked her mom if I need to dial an area code before 911. THEN I called 911. Meanwhile, my siblings got the handyman who was mowing the backyard to come in and help out.
The ambulance arrived and they took her to the hospital, and I don’t remember much else. My best friend’s mom must have somehow gotten hold of my parents because they did eventually show up at the hospital.
But here’s the good news: because she was treated so quickly, she made a full recovery and is still alive and in good health almost 20 years later!
TL;DR: Saved my dad’s life off a 2am hunch I had that something was ‘off’.
During the UK’s first lockdown I hadn’t seen my dad who lived on his own for 3 months – but we spoke on the phone everyday religiously. One night whilst I was drifting off to sleep at 2am I suddenly started feeling overwhelming anxiety, sweating and just feeling like something was ‘off’. I could not get back to sleep due to worry so I decide to ring my night owl dad as I knew he’d be up and answer the phone… but to my suprise no answer.
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