Thread: He actually survived this . . .

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My son, daughter-in-law and 4 kids were returning home to Texas from a visit to Omaha and Kansas City to see my other son and my daughter. As they crossed Oklahoma, they came upon this wreck - right after it happened. The guy was going the wrong way on the Interstate and took a semi almost head on. The police were on site, but no ambulance yet.

John happens to be an ER MD, so he hotfooted across the interstate, took a quick look at the guy and diagnosed him is a diabetic. His daughter Amanda (9 years old) also is diabetic, so he grabbed her blood sugar kit and did a quick test. The guy's blood sugar was 35, which explained the accident. (Those of you who are diabetic or know a diabetic will know what super low blood sugar does to you.) John went back and got some of the juice he keeps for Amanda to kick up her occasional low blood sugar problems, and the guy started coming back out of his stupor.

He stuck around after the EMTs arrived in order to make his report, and stayed until the ambulance carried him off. The highway patrol was really glad to see him, and thanked him several times. The EMT's didn't say thank you . . . go figger.

After the ambulance left, the highway patrol stopped traffic so he could cross back to his vehicle - whereupon the cop asked John if he realized he didn't have any shoes on. I don't think he realized it.

I guess it just goes to show you that if you're going to take on a semi, it's a good idea to have an ER MD in the other lane.

I was going to say that sometimes your kids surprise you . . . but that's wrong. He did exactly what I assumed he would do.

John is just behind the gurney - dark shirt and sunglasses. Note the lack of shoes.