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My Story
Spencer went for a run on Thursday evening, Sept. 2nd on campus, collapsed, students administered CPR immediately until emergency help arrived, was taken to Rex Hospital in Raleigh, remained in Critical care in ICU on life support for 9 days, was moved to a regular room and remained in the hospital for 15 days total. The doctors know he had a cardiac arrest, his heart was in ventricular defibrulation, he developed ARDS as a result of aspirating, but they cannot find any causes for the cardiac arrest. His heart tests are normal. He is wearing an external defibrulator vest. We are proceeding with genetic testing as our next step. God, You are good. Spencer looks and acts normal, and is indeed a walking miracle!
God has revealed so many "coincidences" as the details to this story unfold and I'd like to share a few of them with you as I rewrite the initial story with the facts I now know...........We do know that God orchestrated Spencer's cardiac arrest because there is no human alive that could have planned this sequence of events. I am typing this to the best of my knowledge from what people have shared with us, so hopefully I will get the details as close as possible.
On September 2nd, just prior to 5:30pm, Spencer's roommate Jeff remembers talking to Spencer before he went for a run.
5:31pm Spencer collapses on the sidewalk on Dan Allen Dr. in front of Harris Field, just before Cates Ave (.8-1 mi from his house).
5:31pm Students saw him collapse and immediately administered CPR. 911 was called.
5:35 First Emergency Responders arrived, Dena and Tim. FOUR minutes, unbelievable! Fire truck immediately afterwards, B shift from Station 5 on Oberlin just on the edge of campus.
Cary EMS immediately following, Chris and Tracy, then the 2 special EMS cars/truck driven by supervisors Gene and Jeff and only go to special cardiac cases. Campus Police was also there along with school officials. All this while hundreds (maybe thousands according to the ems folks) of students circled and watched and prayed, according to witnesses.
to be continued.............
God has revealed so many "coincidences" as the details to this story unfold and I'd like to share a few of them with you as I rewrite the initial story with the facts I now know...........We do know that God orchestrated Spencer's cardiac arrest because there is no human alive that could have planned this sequence of events. I am typing this to the best of my knowledge from what people have shared with us, so hopefully I will get the details as close as possible.
On September 2nd, just prior to 5:30pm, Spencer's roommate Jeff remembers talking to Spencer before he went for a run.
5:31pm Spencer collapses on the sidewalk on Dan Allen Dr. in front of Harris Field, just before Cates Ave (.8-1 mi from his house).
5:31pm Students saw him collapse and immediately administered CPR. 911 was called.
5:35 First Emergency Responders arrived, Dena and Tim. FOUR minutes, unbelievable! Fire truck immediately afterwards, B shift from Station 5 on Oberlin just on the edge of campus.
Cary EMS immediately following, Chris and Tracy, then the 2 special EMS cars/truck driven by supervisors Gene and Jeff and only go to special cardiac cases. Campus Police was also there along with school officials. All this while hundreds (maybe thousands according to the ems folks) of students circled and watched and prayed, according to witnesses.
to be continued.............