“My husband fell about a month ago and couldn’t get up, even with my help. I called our next door neighbor at 4am and he was here in 5 minutes and got him up.”
A big strong man lived next door but he wasn’t home and a little old lady lives on the other side so that was not an option. There just wasn’t another way to get him up.
Glad you had a neighbor you knew and he responded. I know you felt a lot of gratitude toward the neighbor and I was so glad to see the EMTs get there and be so kind. You really feel helpless when he is on the floor and you don’t have enough strength to get him up. I am 5’5” and have small bones so my frame is small and I just don’t have the strength of a man. A gallon of milk is heavy for me to lift. :o)
Our son lives about 5 miles away and I could have called him but the neighbor was closer.
I told my son that he owed Ian (the neighbor) a bottle of wine. “why do I own Ian a bottle of wine?”????? he asks.
“Because you were number 2 on my call list, that’s why!”
:)