Phridae
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These past few days have been kinda weird. Wednesday morning at about 3:30 we get a call for a possible DOA. The street is just on block over, but I didnt hear the house numbers wo I just went to teh station. I figured we were going to this apartment building. There are quite a few older people who live there. We pass the apartment building. "okay" I think to myself. Mind you, this street is only about 4 blocks long. We get to the end of the street and stop. I know where we are. I look out the window, hoping its a different house. But its not. It's my friend Rochelle's house. I keep repeating "Oh god oh god oh god" as I'm hauling bags inside. I'm hoping that he just hit the floor, that maybe there a chance. I pass my friends mother inside sitting on the couch. She gives me this horrible look, like she doesnt know whats going on. Unfortunately, her husband died in his sleep probably about 1am. She said she went to wake him up. He doesnt hear his alarm in the morning so she just shoves him until he gets up. She said she touched his shoulder and he was really cold. About 15 minutes later everyone is clearing out but the PD. They dont even ask me if I'm comming back to the station. Its not till they're back in quarters that someone calls me and asks how I'm going to get my car. I said not to wrry about it, I'll get someone from the PD to give me a ride later. We have to wait about 3 hours for the funeral home to show up. All the while her husband is laying on the beedroom floor. I had to call his work and tell them that he has passed away during the night. The hardest thing I had to do was call my friend Rochelle. She's currently living in North Carolina. Her parents had plans on going down there next week to visit. I had to call and wake her up. I told her that she needed to come home, that her father had died in his sleep. She started screaming on the phone. That was hard.
I never knew that he had such a cardiac history. They dont want an autopsy. So its just going to be ruled a cardiac death.
His wife told me that she just can't believe how in one second everything can change. One second shes getting up to wake him up, and the next, she knows hes dead. She said it didn't feel real. Like she was dreaming.
I didnt know him very well. He was my friends father. I spend a week on vacation with them. He was a funny guy who liked to watch wrestling.
The funny part in all this? He had just been to the doctor Tuesday. The doc said he was doing great.
Now I have a funeral to go to on Saturday. And a birthday party on Sunday. From celebrating death, to celebrating life.
I never knew that he had such a cardiac history. They dont want an autopsy. So its just going to be ruled a cardiac death.
His wife told me that she just can't believe how in one second everything can change. One second shes getting up to wake him up, and the next, she knows hes dead. She said it didn't feel real. Like she was dreaming.
I didnt know him very well. He was my friends father. I spend a week on vacation with them. He was a funny guy who liked to watch wrestling.
The funny part in all this? He had just been to the doctor Tuesday. The doc said he was doing great.
Now I have a funeral to go to on Saturday. And a birthday party on Sunday. From celebrating death, to celebrating life.
