Another Angel

Wow, its been a while since I updated this, sorry ROB!

I wanted to share a story that happened yesterday that brought us back to 5 months ago on the side of the highway in Alabama.

Tim got a call yesterday from a weird area code and wasnt going to answer it thinking it was just the wrong number or some telemarketer type call. He answered it and a guy says, "is this Tim Bruinsma? This is Jason from Alabama." I'm sure the first thing that went through Tim's mind was a collector of some sort for a bill we needed to pay. But he continued to say, "I was one of the first responders the day that your son had a seizure, I spent a lot of time with your wife in the ambulance and in the hospital."

He was the guy that I remember the most because he kept on telling me everything was going to be "aright" and that he has kids right around Dylan's age. He stayed with me at the hospital until Tim made it there and was just a really nice guy. SO back to the story...he continued to tell Tim that he has been working as a paramedic for YEARS and he has never had someone that stood out in his mind and couldn't stop thinking about until Dylan. He said that it has been on his heart to call for a long time, just to see how Dylan was doing and how it was going with us. He said that his wife had to convince him to call Tim because he kept bringing Dylan up.

At this point in the story when Tim was telling me, I started to cry...this stranger from 12 hours away has been praying for Dylan for 5 months and doesn't even know us! How humbling and amazing is that?!

He then continued to tell Tim that he just felt like he had to do something for us. He said that he would really like it if we would stay in his condo he owns in Gulf Shores for a few days free of charge of course. He said that he wasnt doing this to get recognition or anything like that, he just felt that the horrible experience that he witnessed us going through that day made him really want to do this for us. What a nice guy?! Who does that? It is unbelievable to me that a stranger would do this for US 5 months later. I cant quite grasp it. At the end of the conversation Tim had told him that he is one of many angels that we have met since that day.

Also, an update on Dylan...He is doing great, he hasnt had any seizure activity since that day. He is living as normal as he did before April 2. He knows about the seizure and about the medication that he needs to have on him at all times. The whole story gets brought up at least 2 times a week by either Dylan or Natalie. They talk about it a lot, Natalie especially because she had a front row seat to everything that went on. When she sees an ambulance on the road she says that it is probably going to someone that has a "sezture", she is something else... :)