Saturday, January 26, 2008

Happy Saturday, Everyone,

I hope you are having a great day. We were fortunate to speak with Officer Glenn Rook, today. He was the Maryland Transit Authority Officer, who climbed into the car with John and kept talking with him, during the time when the fire department personnel were trying to determine how to remove the truck from the roof of Marcus' Jeep Cherokee. He was assessing John's medical injuries. He knew very quickly, when John said he had numbness in his left arm, that they were probably dealing with a spinal cord injury. He had previously worked as an EMT, worked at Johns Hopkins as a cardiac care Technician, and then also worked at St. Joseph's Hospital, as an Anesthesia Technician. He has a great deal of Medical background. Once again, I do not believe in coincidence. This young man was on duty, and was able to use his expertise to assist all of the paramedics and firefighters in determining the best course of treatment for John. I believe God brought all of these people together this day, to provide the best care for my husband. I am so happy that John, Marcus and I got to share our appreciation and gratitude with such a fine individual. I believe paramedics, firefighters, and police officers come across horrible situations everyday, and give the best of themselves to perfect strangers, just because that is their calling. When I hear them say, "This is my job", I believe it is their way of being humble. It may be their job, but they give of themselves, in an uncontrolled setting, with minimal consideration to their own safety. On the first day of the blog, I called these men and women, heroes. They absolutely are, without a doubt.