We live on a dead quiet street in suburban New Jersey…so when the flashing lights and siren sounds of an EMS vehicle, a police car and an ambulance are sitting in front of your neighbor’s house, in the middle of the night, it is shocking. In some ways it is almost life-changing.
I have a friend–a very large guy–who is, overweight, has high blood pressure and has a history of heart problems (so do some of his family members). Last night, disturbed by all of the activity, we ran outside to learn–our friend had fainted and was off to spend the …read more