Monday, January 21, 2008

Helen Inada

Helen passed away on Dec. 20, 2007.

She was at home, in her wheelchair when she lost all control of her bowls. We suspect that is when she expired. Dale was reluctant to accept it; he kept insisting that her breathing was shallow.

It was clear to me that she gone or she was real close to letting go. I called 911 @ 1:30am and was directed to get her on the floor and perform CPR. I was instructed to keep pushing her chest for 400 cycles or until paramedics arrived.

Dale was in the bathroom changing contacts when the paramedics started to knock on the door. I had the phone on my ear and was yelling at Dale to open the door while still administering CPR on Helen.

I could hear knocking on the front door and Dale was not answering it. Holy Cow.....I had the phone in my ear, pressing on Helen and yelling at Dale.

Helen was declared dead @ 2:30am Thursday.


It was sad