FIVE
FIVE 12
FIVE 12 IS YOUR TIME. WELCOME BACK HERE TO SUNRISE. WELL, ONE OF THE MANY THINGS THE PANDEMIC
HAS MADE ABUNDANTLY CLEAR IS
THAT HEALTH CARE WORKERS ARE
TRUE HEROES. THAT'S CERTAINLY
HOW ONE INDIANAPOLIS FATHER
FEELS ABOUT HIS DAUGHTER WHO IS
A NURSE AT ASCENCION ST.
VINCENT'S. SHE SAVED HIS LIFE
WHEN HE WENT INTO CARDIAC
ARREST AT HOME. THANKFULLY SHE
WAS IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE
RIGHT TIME AND HER TRAINING IS
THE REASON HER DAD IS ALIVE
TODAY. >> IT'S A CITY FIRST
QUESTION WOULD YOUR DAD GREG,
BE ALIVE TODAY IF YOU WERE NOT
A NURSE WITH THAT SPECIFIC
SITUATION? I DON'T THINK YOU'D
BE HERE TODAY. MY MOM WAS
TRAINED ON CPR SO I THINK IT
WAS A BLESSING THAT I WAS A
NURSE AND THEN I WAS THERE AT
THAT TIME THAT WILL TAKE US
THROUGH THAT DAY. >> I HAVE
RECOLLECTION OF THAT DAY. I
HAVE NO MEMORY OF IT. SIDNEY, I
KNOW THAT YOU WOULD PLAY YOUR
DAY THAT YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO
FORGET THAT TUESDAY MY MOTHER
TESTED COVID-19 AND MY DAD DID
COME BACK TESTED POSITIVE FOR
COVID-19 AND I GOT A NEGATIVE.
YOU WERE JUST GOING TO GO AHEAD
AND LEAVE AND JUST LET THEM
IMPORTANTE TOGETHER. SO AS WE
WERE LEAVING WE JUST HEARD THIS
WEIRD NOISE LIKE WHAT ARE YOU
DOING? IT'LL BEING LIKE WHAT
ARE YOU DOING? AND HE WASN'T
RESPONDING. IT WAS JUST TIME
FOR ME TO STEP INTO ACTION. SO
I TOLD HIM I CALL NUMBER ONE
AND I CALLED MY DAD OUT OF THE
BED AND I JUST START PERFORMING
CPR AND DOING EVERYTHING I CAN
TO SAVE MY DAD. BUT IT'S
DIFFERENT WHEN YOU'RE DEALING
WITH A LOVE. SO IN THE
BACKGROUND YOU HAVE MY MOM
CALLING NINE ONE ONE AND AT THE
SAME SHE'S YELLING SAVE YOUR
DAD WHAT? YOU CAN'T SAVE YOUR
DAD AND IN MY HEAD I'M JUST
DOING COMPRESSIONS DOING RESCUE
BREATHS, CHECKING HIS PULSE AT
THE SAME TIME AND JUST SAYING
COME ON DAD, YOU CAN DO YOU CAN
.HOW HARD WAS IT FOR YOU TO
CONTAIN YOUR EMOTIONS? IT IS
VERY HARD BUT WE AS A NURSES
ARE TAUGHT TO PUT YOUR EMOTIONS
ASIDE AND FOCUS ON THE JOB. SO
AT THAT MOMENT ALTHOUGH ON THE
INSIDE SCREAMING I'M SHAKING, I
WANT TO CRY. I JUST KNOW THE
MISSION IS PUT THESE EMOTIONS
TO THE SIDE FOCUSED ON SAVING
HIS LIFE. >> I CONSIDER HER MY
REAL LIFE HERO AND SHE STEPPED
INTO ASKNG AND SHE DID WHAT SHE
WAS TRAINED TO DO AND I'M SO
PROUD OF YOU HEAR YOUR DAD SEE
THAT IT'S GOING TO MAKE YOU
FEEL IT DOES IT MAKE ME
EMOTIONAL AND STUFF AND YOU
HAVE A GRANDDAUGHTER, A BRAND
NEW BABY GRANDDAUGHTER AND HE
HAS MANY THINGS TO SEE OF HER,
YOU KNOW, WALK ACROSS THE STAGE
HER TO GET MARRIED AND HAVE
KIDS THIS TIME DONE. AND MY
MAIN MISSION WAS TO MAKE SURE
THAT MY DAD WAS HERE TO SEE A
LOT OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF MY
LIFE AND NOT ONLY MY LIFE BUT
MY DAUGHTER'S LIFE AS WELL. I'M
GETTING EMOTIONAL BECAUSE
JUST
BECAUSE THINGS COULD HAVE GONE
A DIFFERENT WAY
OF SO I'M SO
CRAZY TO THINK ALLOWED HER TO
BE AT THAT POINT IN TIME TO BE
IN THE HOUSE AT THAT PARTICULAR
TIME SHE JUST JUMPED RIGHT INTO
ACTION AND PERFORMED THE DUTY
WITHOUT EVEN THINKING
OF THINKING ABOUT IT. I MEAN
WE'RE ALL CRIED. YEAH, I DO
BELIEVE GREG, THAT HE IS NOW
EXEMPT FROM FATHER'S DAY
PRESENCE FOR THE REST OF HER
LIFE AND WE LOVE YOU. WE'RE
ALWAYS HERE FOR YOU AND THANK
YOU FOR BEING STRONG AND THANK
YOU FOR HOLDING ON AND BEING TO
COME HOME TO YOUR FAMILY AND
LOVING WHATSOVER ADMITTED TO
THE HOSPITAL HE WAS INTUBATED
FOR SEVEN DAYS. THEY ALSO WENT
INTO CARDIAC ARREST TWO MORE
TIMES. IT'S NOT ENTIRELY CLEAR
HOW MUCH GREGS COVID DIAGNOSIS
WAS RELATED TO HIS HEART
PROBLEMS LAST TUESDAY GREGG
WENT HOME AND IS NOW DOING
GREAT. HIS DOCTORS SAY SIDNEYS
QUICK ACTION AND SKILLS AS A
NURSE SAVED HER FATHER'S LIFE
SO IT WAS TRULY AN EMOTIONAL
INTERVIEW AS YOU SAW. >> BUT
THE CRAZY THING WAS HOW IT
WORKED WITH COMMUNITY NORTH
BECAUSE SHE TOOK HIM TO
COMMUNITY NORTH HOSPITAL EVEN
THOUGH SHE'S A NURSE AND IN
COMMUNITY NORTH LET HER TREAT
HIM BECAUSE BECAUSE THE MOM
COULDN'T GO BECAUSE SHE HAD
COVID SO THEY THEY LET HER GET
IN THERE AND SEE HER DAD AND
KIND OF BE WITH HIM BECAUSE
SHE'S A NURSE. THAT IS AMAZING.
CAN YOU IMAGINE YOUR DAUGHTER
SAVING YOUR LIFE? I MEAN IT
REALLY DID HAPPEN THAT BUT HE
IS FEELING BETTER AND HE'S
FEELING BETTER. HE'S AT HOME.
YOU GET SORE, HE LOOKS REALLY
HEALTHY NOW THIS HAPPENED JUST
A FEW WEEKS AGO. >> THANKS FOR
SHARING THAT STORY