Reid
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Have missed Aussiejester.
Have been ill.
Just learned of Rhett's death.
Condolences don't count for much.
Being of his age, and sort of health history,
perhaps he had a sudden cardiac stoppage,
unconscious before he hit the pavement.
Possibly, even with a helmet, he would have been a goner
That's usually the case when a middle aged man "faints":
"sudden cardiac death", so often it is, when there is no prior history
of fainting due to low blood sugar or low blood pressure;
and ninety percent of the time, they, the sudden death people, just
don't come back, even with instant, paramedic action and shock paddles, etc.
Add in the head injury: have seen the exact situation before, but it was a faint
(heart "attack" = fibrillation = no circulation = quick black out = no pain,
and then a crack of the falling-backward's mans head HARD onto the concrete floor.
I gave CPR but to no avail. In comfort, we can know:
he never felt a thing. He never suffered. He cannot hurt now.
Only his family has to deal with the empty chair.....
The man I tried to save? I learned after by reading the obits.
He was my elementary school principle, retired then, from about twenty years before.
He once "spared the rod" and saved this child. I wish I could have saved him in return,
in gratitude.
Thoughts are with Rhett's family. Only time will help, a bit, to get past this initial stage of
seemingly unbearable grief. He's OK now, in a way.....
So sorry here; we all regret death...as much as we celebrate new life.
Have been ill.
Just learned of Rhett's death.
Condolences don't count for much.
Being of his age, and sort of health history,
perhaps he had a sudden cardiac stoppage,
unconscious before he hit the pavement.
Possibly, even with a helmet, he would have been a goner
That's usually the case when a middle aged man "faints":
"sudden cardiac death", so often it is, when there is no prior history
of fainting due to low blood sugar or low blood pressure;
and ninety percent of the time, they, the sudden death people, just
don't come back, even with instant, paramedic action and shock paddles, etc.
Add in the head injury: have seen the exact situation before, but it was a faint
(heart "attack" = fibrillation = no circulation = quick black out = no pain,
and then a crack of the falling-backward's mans head HARD onto the concrete floor.
I gave CPR but to no avail. In comfort, we can know:
he never felt a thing. He never suffered. He cannot hurt now.
Only his family has to deal with the empty chair.....
The man I tried to save? I learned after by reading the obits.
He was my elementary school principle, retired then, from about twenty years before.
He once "spared the rod" and saved this child. I wish I could have saved him in return,
in gratitude.
Thoughts are with Rhett's family. Only time will help, a bit, to get past this initial stage of
seemingly unbearable grief. He's OK now, in a way.....
So sorry here; we all regret death...as much as we celebrate new life.
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