Okay, so… this happened:
I need to give some background before I explain. I have had a Medical Guardian device for about 2 1/2 years after I had a fall. We test the device every month and my Mom makes sure that I am wearing it when she takes Leia for a walk. But then today, this happened:
I was sitting and watching TV just after my Mom and Leia had just come back from their walk. I could see a red light out of the corner of my eye and then it started to vibrate as if I had called the emergency line. An operator came on and spoke with us but he obviously could not hear us that we were okay and didn’t need any emergency vehicles at my house.
My phone rang and it was my friend and neighbor who I listed as a contact in the case of an emergency. And then I heard a fire truck coming. I live around the block from Beaumont hospital so I hear ambulances all of the time! When we first moved in, Sean and I had difficulty sleeping but after a while we would block it out and remain sleeping. But hearing the ambulance this time was different because it stopped right in front of my house!
My Mom ran out of the house waving her arms to tell them that it was a false alarm! She told me that both a firetruck and an ambulance arrived and the driver gave her a thumbs up when she yelled that it was a false alarm.
After they left, my Mom stayed on the phone with Medical Guardian people. My device was wonky because it went off again. The operator told us that I would receive another call because the ambulance was going to come again because the device went off.
As I was sitting there listening to their conversation, I started to cry and I had no idea why I was crying! I think it was my PBA mixed with the realization of the fact that this could eventually be a serious thing! Throughout this whole ordeal, Alanis Morissette was playing in my head even though I never thought that that song, particularly, one lyric would pertain to me: