I carpooled to Kansas City, MO., with another resident of Oklahoma County. We both worked all day on Saturday. I made phone calls all morning and then went out to canvass in the afternoon. My friend Jeff, whom I rode with to MO., was not able to work the following morning due to his traveling from there to another state with his wife's family members. He did not make it back in time to work on Sunday.
I teamed up Sunday morning with a man named Andy. We were busting through our turf pack so I could meet Jeff back at headquarters in the afternoon and secure my ride home to the OKC area. Suddenly, I found myself laying in the road, in Raytown, MO., with a broken right hip. I needed emergency surgery and had to be left behind in Kansas City Research Medical Cntr.
The volunteers from the Obama office in KC brought me 2 cards which they all signed. I also received a special card from Star Jones. Many of the volunteers sent me their phone numbers and one lady, Donna, even brought me a special Teddy Bear with Kansas City written on it. Andy and his wife kept in close contact with me during my hospital stay and did everything possible to help me and make things comfortable for me. One of the ladies where I fell who was a nurse came to visit me in the hospital and another slipped her phone number in my purse as I was being loaded in to the ambulance.
I had ordered two Kansas City "Yes We Can" T-Shirts before leaving for the canvass on Sunday morning. Andy made a special trip to retrieve them for me and told me I would recieve my money back. I feel very fortunate to have worked with Andy that day, he and his wife are remarkable people and they helped me secure a ride home when I was released from the hospital.
The moral of this story is that even though I injured myself in my efforts to help the campaign, I was fortunate enough to hae made several new friends in the KC area. These people, especailly my partner Andy and his wife, proved to be true friends, even to a stranger. My partner Andy wrote a story about my adventure and posted it on the internet. Andy's wife printed the story and brought it to me in the hospital. When I read the story, even though it was about me, I cried. Andy is a great writer and I'd like to share the story he wrote with the rest of y'all. I was very blessed to have found these new friends in a strange city. All things will work toward my good, and I believe that serendipity will occur from this experience.
Thank You to all the wonderful volunteers who befriended me and helped me in my time of need while I was away from my family and local friends in Oklahoma. Thanks Andy, I was blessed to have you for a canvassing partner on that fateful day. When Andy's wife dropped me off to meet the young democrats from OU, whom I rode home with, she handed me back the $20.00 that I paid for the T-shirts.
To read this story, please visit the link below.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/11/2/223552/669/466/650408
