Paul Harvey (deceased legendary master storyteller on radio) TROTS out to do this guest review for…read moreme.
"You KNOW what the news is ... in a minute, you're going to hear the REST of the story."
(commercial minute: The Methodist Hospital in Sugar Land is very good. )
A relatively young man dressed in a jumpsuit, driving an ordinary van, saw that we needed help getting a woman in pain out of our van, and offered his help for free. He did an excellent job. He gave us his card in case we ever needed his services in the future. After his exceptional help, we were quite surprised at what was written on his business card.
And, now .......... The Rest Of The Story (TROTS) ...
M is in severe pain and needs to get to the hospital for diagnosis. We struggle to get her out her wheelchair and into our van, but she cannot move (pain and meds) and screams and suffers as we put her in the car. As we drive, getting her out at the hospital is weighing on our minds.
At the hospital, and about to drive away in his van, but seeing that we needed help getting a near-90-yr-old woman on meds out of our van, a man offered to lift her and put her into a wheelchair. He was younger, bigger and stronger than me, as well as a licensed EMT. M was screaming in pain when we had tried to get her out of the van. So we gladly accepted his offer to help. He did a perfect job, without any cries of pain from the suffering patient. He was super nice, too. We were impressed and grateful.
Later, after the hospital tests, we decided to use his company's transport service to get her home. It was short notice, but the nice man arranged for a transport to arrive in 15 minutes. That too, was an excellent, on-time, friendly, painless and professional event by a strong young lass.
The next day, the severe pain led to emergency transport to a hospital in TMC where she was diagnosed as having spinal disc rupture and a fractured disc. Surgery was the only solution to relieve the pain.
... Oh.... And what was written on the nice stranger's business card? ... "CEO"
We thought Texas Critical Care was a small company, because neither we nor the staff at the hospital had ever heard about them. Later, we found out they are much bigger, with a fleet of vehicles. After we told our story to the hospital staff, copies of his business card have been passed around the hospital in case of similar transport needs for customers.
Clearly, a CEO did not need to offer help for free. After all, they have "more important" things to do, don't they? But, I think I understand how he rose from an EMT to CEO.
And now you know ... the REST of the story!
---- P.S. See www.paulharveyarchives.com/trots/ for actual Paul stories.