Tuesday, November 24, 2020
Our Guardian Angel A guardian angel can best be described as one who senses the needs of others, then goes about taking care of those needs. Such a person was Donna to our family. When my wife was taken by a stroke in 1994, Donna was there to provide the family with guidance and comfort; and she was at the organ for the memorial service at St. Paul?s United Methodist Church in Manteca. In 1996 my oldest daughter underwent a second operation for a brain tumor. Donna was there to drive me through the traffic to the hospital in San Mateo. And she was there in the hospital helping me say goodbye. On the past labor day weekend our angel was struck down. Within the week she was transferred back to the Meadowwood Rehabilitation Center in Stockton. She was progressing well with the use of the left arm, and speaking well enough to have a phone at her bedside with her home phone number written on the back, together with my phone number at O?Connor Woods, only 100 yards away. By this means she could have an aide dial home to check with her husband, or phone me if she needed a visitor or wanted some fresh air in a wheel chair out in the fall sun. She was making fine progress. On the morning of September 25th, she called to make sure I was all right. I advised her that I felt very weak, and had had trouble going ten feet from the bathroom, and crawling up into bed. My guardian angel told me to stay in bed and she would take care of it. The next thing I knew, her husband and her brother, with two ambulance attendants were carrying me to an ambulance to take me to St. Joseph?s Hospital. A bleeding ulcer had taken half my blood, and if my guardian angel had not called, the check system at O?Connor Woods would not have found me until 10:00 a.m. I believe I owe my life to my guardian angel. Thank you, Angel. Clair Weast
