Hello? it's your body calling

As most of you have already heard, I recently had the opportunity to assist a little girl in into the world. ( I know one of you is going "big deal, been there, done that" but not most of you)

As others of you may have heard as well, another call ended in the patient, after spirited, and fortunately for him, less spirited objection, took our advice and agreed to go to the hospital.

There were no obvious signs that would indicate an immediate need to go to the hospital, but the EMTs were just not comfortable leaving him home, because little things just didn't feel right to them.

However, about 2 minutes after moving the patient from the ambulance stretcher to the hospital gurney, he went into cardiac arrest.

Even more fortunately for him, as G-d was clearly smiling upon him, the episode occurred in front of a doctor, who immediately set the procedures in motion to work on him, and within 5 minutes, this man was alive again and talking.

So what is the point, and what is the common theme of these two stories?

The lessons that I am trying to impart upon you, dear readers, is that you should not ignore either what you bodies tell you, or your gut feelings in such matters as health. If it is obvious (gee, where DID that baby just show up from?), that's one thing, but usually it isn't, and if something feels really off with you, don't ignore it and contact the appropriate medical personnel immediately. The same goes for you parents out there, when dealing with your children. The worst that will happen is a waste of a few hours, and possibly feeling ( or even looking slightly) foolish.

But it sure beats the alternatives.