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Omar, Derrick Bennett here I know it's really late in the normality of most everyone's day to day life. But for me getting ripped out of bed for a tone (911 call) involving an elderly woman feeling severe chest pains, or complaining of hemiparesis of the left or right side depending on the day, and last but not least has fallen and can't get up from a busted hip" this is my norm. Now by most choosing this profession one would call you bonkers, demented, deranged, mental, and rightfully so. For the last 3 1/2 years this crazy hour call is consistently made by the same elderly lady. And we always show up to ga'ga' a ( grandmother in Pima ) a astonishing 71 year old healthy woman cleaning or cooking suffering only from insomnia, and chronic loneliness.

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