Union workers saved my Dad's life last night.

[Botany]

Those no good lazy public workers saved my Dad's life last night.

Last night at about 9:45 PM my 83 year old father (who at one time worked for Bill Miller) passed out at his desk .... my mom was unable to revive him so she called 911 and then me
..... by the time my son and I got to his house 2 squads of salt of the earth good fire and rescue workers were there working on my Dad who was grey and cold but they stabilized him
gave him some fluids and he was at least able to be able to talk to his wife, his grandson, and me as they were loading him into the ambulance. One of the EMTs who is a friend of the
family was there and looked up at me and said "We got this and he is going to be fine." Even though it was not his job he climbed into the ambulance and said to him something like
he was going to take this ride w/ him.


This morning I talked to my dad who is now resting and in stable condition @ the hospital and he asked if his grandson could stop by for a visit and could he bring him a book to
read and the newspaper.

In Ohio the public employees did not send all those jobs overseas, make Wall Street and the banks bundle bad mortgagees into "investments" as they bet against them,
and or drive the economy into a ditch just so a very few could make billions. All they do is fix the roads, teach our kids, and sometimes save somebody's life.

I will go to downtown Columbus tomorrow and proudly vote early for the right of those wonderful men and women to collectively bargain for their working conditions and wages.

[redqueen]

1. BIG K&R!

So glad your dad's ok. :)

[blaze]

2. Holy crap Botany!! Glad your dad is okay!!

Big hugs to all the responders!!!!!

[catbyte]

3. Glad you dad's okay.

[malaise]

4. I love the salt of the earth

Glad your dad is recovering.

Rec

[bleever]

5. Best wishes, Buddy.

I hope your dad's recovery is speedy. Glad that the services and professionals he needed were there for him.

And, he worked for Bill Miller? Does this make you and Steph cousins?

[nadinbrzezinski]

6. LAZY TIT SUCKING UNION WORKERS! Way to go guys and gals

Good for your dad... and you, to have them around.

[Frustratedlady]

7. Sitting here with goosebumps and tears.

So glad it worked out for your father. WTG, EMTs.

[renate]

8. so glad your dad's okay!

How terrifying for all of you... I hope the rest of your family is doing well now, too, especially your mom, who must have been pretty traumatized. Thank goodness your story had a happy ending!

:grouphug:

[roguevalley]

9. EMTS and firemen and women are kings at my house. I am

so glad for your family and dad.

[mahina]

10. K and R and thank you

for an excellent post. I hope it is spread far and wide across Ohio!

[lunatica]

11. They are the 99%

This brought tears to my eyes. Here's hoping your Dad makes a complete recovery and that Kasich gets thwarted every step of the way until he's recalled and tossed onto the dust pile of history.

[Botany]

28. Kasich's SB 5 is gonna get hammered

I have been seeing anti SB 5 signs in republican lawns and even our local State Senator who voted for SB 5 doesn't
have a pro SB 5 in his yard ...... I have only seen maybe 12 pro SB 5 signs in the past 3 months.

BTW typing up the O.P. caused tears in my eyes too and there are some really bad typos in it too.

[sarge43]

12. A union member raised me. Union members educated me.

Union members protect me.

Solidarity.

[pasto76]

17. Everything I ever had growing up was bought with a Union Dollar

IW3, 44 years for my dad. IW24 for me these last 5 years.

[mod mom]

13. Gladly displaying a No on 2 firefighters in front of my house:

http://www.google.com/imgres?q=No+on+two+%2B+Ohio+union+signs+%2B+firefighters&um=1&hl=en&client=safari&sa=N&rls=en&biw=1110&bih=981&tbm=isch&tbnid=RJAY956H4ZIicM:&imgrefurl=http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sheffield-Lake-Fire-Fighters-IAFF-L-2355/194594110568763&docid=sndYMTgMb3G8OM&imgurl=&w=320&h=178&ei=0t2vTqqNDcTX0QGyoKiuAQ&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=466&sig=116276574911555788087&page=4&tbnh=106&tbnw=191&start=75&ndsp=28&ved=1t:429,r:9,s:75&tx=80&ty=17


Glad to hear your dad is ok! :hi:

[a la izquierda]

14. Oh, Botany, I'm so glad your dad is okay.

I registered to vote in Ohio specifically to vote this damn bill down. The commercials on TV make me livid. I might only be in Ohio for a year (though maybe longer), but it is my patriotic duty to tell the SB5 supporters to shove off.

I cannot wait to cast my vote next week.

[Botany]

29. If you can go to your county BOE and vote early ...

.... on a paper ballot.

[a la izquierda]

41. Oh, excellent, I think I'll do that.

I live in the county seat, so I can take care of it on Thursday. Thanks for the head's up!

[SHRED]

15. K&R

[cmd]

16. So happy for you

and for the guys who did an awesome job last night.

[socialist_n_TN]

18. Glad to hear your Dad's OK and a shout out to the EMTs

who helped your family!

And your next to last paragraph is SO right on! It applies to the working class ALL OVER THE WORLD! WE didn't tank the economy and need to be bailed out and we shouldn't have to pay for the fuck ups of those who did! THAT'S what the working class in Greece, Spain, Portugal, Britian, Ireland, Italy and the United States are all fighting for. Accountability for the ones who DID tank the economy.

NO TO AUSTERITY! And I'll add, NO TO CAPITALISM!

[Generic Other]

19. When it comes to saving lives

union workers are the best.

[Bluzmann57]

20. Great story!

Glad to hear those "lowlife" Union brothers and sisters saved your dad's life. Hope he will be ok and let's hope you spread this far and wide.
Solidarity. Vote Union.

[orbitalman]

21. K & Rrrrrrrrrr.

[polmaven]

22. My only problem with your post

is that I cannot recommend it more than once! I really wish some of the anti-union morAns could read more stories like this. If not for those greedy Unionistas, this country would be so much worse off.

I'm very glad your dad will recover well. Good thoughts going his way.

[gademocrat7]

23. K&R

Glad your father is in stable condition. Kudos to your local fire and rescue.

[Irishonly]

24. I am glad your dad is ok

We would be lost without them.

[Beavker]

25. Awesome.

Glad pops is doing well.

[hue]

26. Great that Your Dad is OK! k & r

Hope they determine what caused Him to "pass out" like that. Most probably it was a heart arrhythmia. First
He needs a cardiac catheterization and an ECHO cardiogram. (I work in an ICU)

[Botany]

31. he already has a pacemaker ....

.... it looks like it was electrolyte imbalance caused by a urinary tract infection but if not for the work of the EMTs
he would have died. Although his doctors are running tests to rule out anything else.

[hue]

34. I'm glad the docs are looking...

electrolyte imbalances can cause arrhythmias as electrical conduction of the heart needs potassium & other electrolytes to be in proper balance. They always render a person more prone to arrhythmias. They may, in the end, upgrade His pacer to one that has a defibrillator built in. (Those ICDs (implantable cardiac defibrillator) always attempt to pace the Patient out of the arrhythmia before shocking so they are safer than they sound.
That fact that He has a pacer already & "passed out" makes it almost certain an arrhythmia overrode or overpowered the pacemaker. If He has a bladder infection or any infection they will not do a cardiac catheterization until the infection is cleared up. He may be in a tad of acute kidney failure at this time also.

[Botany]

35. They have done a CAT scan .... looked @ his brain ....

.... checked his kidneys ...... and looked @ his blood chemistry .... and before he goes home that will put a camera down
his throat to get a look at his heart (under a light anesthesia).

His cardiologist, G.P., and Urologist are all looking in on him now and he is getting excellent medical care right now.
He is an example of the top flight medical care you can get in America if you have money and insurance.

Thanx so much for you interest.

[hue]

38. great! the scoping down His throat is an echocardiogram

to look at His heart from behind as the esophagus runs behind the heart. They'll look for blood clots in the top chambers of His heart among other things (his valves). It's an excellent test!

[demigoddess]

27. amen,

these people need backup.

[Chorophyll]

30. K&R for the rescue workers, your dad, and you! nt

[Botany]

32. thanx all

He is coming home tomorrow :bounce:

[sarge43]

36. Great news. Thanks for keeping us posted

A big ole DU :grouphug:

[democrank]

33. K & R

Glad your Dad is okay.

[JohnnyRingo]

37. See you at the voting booth next Tuesday...

I sincerely hope your dad is better by then.



I don't know where you live in Ohio, but we'll be voting as one to see this union busting bullshit go down in flames.

[juajen]

39. My father was a union representative when he worked for

U.S.Steel and we were a large family. Health care was wonderful and he earned a good wage, but worked his head off. Now those jobs are lost and gone. I don't even know where they went, just that they're no longer here.

[1776Forever]

40. Heard a Firefighter this morning say his District is down 100 personnel that they should have!

He is in Ohio and he told a jerk on a WLW Radio Show in Cincinnati that if this continues there will be many people who will NOT get the care they need if this Bill is not voted down with a NO vote! The Jerk named Doc something said he didn't think the Police and Fireman and Teachers deserved a good wage! He said they should pay their way like he had too - yeah right - wonder who stressful his "talking head" job is?

[rexcat]

42. I just voted in Warren County Ohio...

and voted no on Issue 2. I stand with you in support of our public workers in Ohio. Glad to hear your father is okay.

The Mason Fire Department saved our house October 26, 2009 at 2:11 AM. Thanks to them we only had smoke damage but the damages did come to $210,000, which LG (as in large Korean Corporation) paid the entire amount to our insurance compamy brcause of a faulty portable dehumidifer that caught on fire in the basement (the product was a known fire hazzard and they chose not to recall the product). Nationwide returned our deductable to us. We were lucky to get out of the house with our two sons and pets. There was real potential to lose everything that night.

[ladyVet]

43. oh those damned public servants!

Going around, saving peoples lives! What are they thinking?

In all seriousness, I'm glad to hear your dad is okay, thanks to quick-acting, trained, taxpayer-funded medical personnel. Go unions!

My father is 81, and I'm grateful to know we have someone to call if anything happens to him, or to my 72-year-old mother, for that matter.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

44. Meanwhile, onlooking Republican debate audience yells "Let him die!"

Hope your dad makes out okay.

[Omaha Steve]

45. Keep us up to date on your dad

K&R!

[AikidoSoul]

46. K & R -- Good to hear about this news. Thanks to all who helped bring your dad around

so you can enjoy him and love him.

Love and caring. They are the only thing that matters. ;)

[Octafish]

47. Get well, soon, Sir!

Thank you for sharing, Botany. Hope your dad is feeling better.

Kick (Sorry, too late to Rec).

[mmonk]

48. Excellent! Don't know how I missed this thread earlier.