Life Alert in Open Book

I was having a tough time sleeping last night (nothing new) so I opted to stay on the couch and watch a little TV...I drifted off to sleep around midnight. An hour and a half later I awoke to the sound of an alarm.

At first I thought it was a weird sounding car alarm...Then I thought it was our alarm going haywire (we had a home alarm system installed a little while ago) so I jumped up and checked ours...Wasn't ours...

I went back to our room but, Eric was still asleep. So I throw on a pair of shoes and go outside to see what is going on...I then hear "Alarm activated, help is on the way." Then through an intercom I hear someone talking.

About 3 minutes after that a fire truck pulls up and a few guys with flashlights start searching around...They ask me where Unit 121 is and I show them (where my elderly neighbor lives).

The house is black and silent...Then the alarm starts up again...All the doors are locked. I offered to go through a window but, they told me not to worry about it, they would do that.

The cops showed up too and started asking me questions about her...I don't really know her too well...She is elderly and stays inside a lot. I only talk to her here and there if I see her out in her yard (she lives directly behind us and our backyards face one another). They asked when the last time I saw her was and I told them it's been at least a week.

Anyway, another neighbor came out who had more information...I walked back to my house and from there I watched them take a screen off a back window and go through...They ended up having to call the EMTs out.

I'm not sure what happened but, I hope she is ok. I see a light on in her kitchen right now but I don't know if that was left on from when the EMTs were there or what.

Turns out the alarm was part of the Life Alert system...From what a fireman was saying there is a main base unit in the house (I think he said it's connected to a land line which is explains why the phone would ring periodically, I guess they were trying to get her on the phone after she pressed the wearable alert button).

So scary...Though after last night I'm glad we got one for my Grandma...It does work and it didn't take long at all for help to arrive.

Oh and the people at life alert were able to call her daughter (the cops were asking the other neighbor and I if we had a way to contact her, which we didn't). Life Alert keeps emergency contact info on file too so that they can reach others for you (pretty cool).

I was thinking I should probably go and check in on her...Though I feel like it might be rude to disturb her if she is home and trying to rest...Maybe I'll just leave some flowers and a little card with my phone number in it in case she needs something...

I'm sooo tired (I didn't get to sleep til 3am and was up at 6:30am)...I just might actually need a nap today.