Dakota wouldn't stop barking so I went downstairs to yell at him and to see what caused the commotion. I saw across the street a man from the rehab center had fallen out of his wheelchair. I don't know how long he sat there or how many people had driven by not offering to help, but I ran outside to see if he needed help.
I asked him if he needed help and realized he had hit a big PVC plumbing pipe and the wheelchair was stuck in a rut-I was able to get it to move and roll it closer to him -he must have been thrown out of it! He is a large man and unable to pull himself up and neither could I alone. I was going to run and find a neighbor when a lady pulled over to help us. Then 3 construction workers came over and between the 4 of us we were able to get him back into his chair.
Anyway, I feel blessed to have been able to work from home to see him and blessed with my crazy Border Collie who barks at inanimate objects most of the time. I am also blessed that I have my health and working limbs to have been able to cross the road and help this man....I didn't even get his name. Maybe I'll see him again when Dakota and I have our walks.
Oh and Dakota got extra loving and a treat for his heroics!!
