Act of Kindness

Yesterday morning a man had a seizure right in our parking lot.  It was 7:30 in the morning, he was alone, and he was face down and rolling his face back and forth, back and forth against the cement.  I don't know anything about epilepsy, but I was told that there was nothing we could do, just wait until it passed.  I was so worried that he was going to lose all his teeth, the way he was basically grinding his mouth into the ground, back and forth, back and forth, but we were told that it was better if he was face down and if we didn't move him, because he could choke on his own tongue.

After about 8 minutes he finally stopped siezing.  By that time people from the neighborhood had come over to see what was going on, and some mentioned that they had seen him do this before close by.  He simply wasn't taking his medicine, most likely because he cant afford it (its expensive and it was obvious that he wasn't a man with a lot of money).  When it finally passed, he looked scared and embarrassed as there was a group of people hovering around him talking about him as if he couldn't hear.

It saddens me so much that there is such a great divide between the rich and the poor here, and that this must happen to him all the time, simply because he can't afford his treatment.  Boyfriend would be shaking his head at me right now, saying that this happens all around the world, and not just here, but if you're not born into the right social class here, its very, very difficult to get ahead.  The man had tools with him that would hint that he works outside or in a garden, but I'm sure he's paid near to nothing.

After a few minutes, a woman from next store came outside and said to him, "Whats your name?  When you're ready to go I'm going to take you to the pharmacy and I'm going to buy you whatever medicine you need."  She waited for him and then held his hand and walked him all the way to the pharmacy.  It was the nicest act of kindness I've seen in a long time.

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