ORLANDO, Fla. — Last week, Yvette Felder had a last minute virtual call with Principal Caroll Grimando and Counselor Sabrina Palmer from Wolf Lake Elementary School.
The counselor says they were wrapping up the call with Felder and she was about to take another call, when something didn’t seem right.
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“About that time, her eyes rolled back in her head and she just kind of went backwards,” Palmer said. “I just had to take a deep breath because it startled me and I couldn’t see her or touch her and help in some other way.”
Yvette was having a seizure.
Palmer immediately called 911 and got Yvette’s address for the operator. Then she radioed for help.
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“I just stopped what I was doing and started running toward her classroom,” Principal Caroll Grimando said.
During the virtual call they could hear that Felder was breathing. When Felder came to she had no memory of a seizure, and was confused to see firefighters and didn’t want to go to the hospital.
The principal and counselor didn’t think Felder was taking the situation seriously, and they left the school and drove to her house to make sure she left with the paramedics.
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“I knew if she could see us and see our faces she would trust us,” Grimando said.
Felder listened and has been receiving medical care since the incident.
“I feel like it was divine intervention because I could have been on the road,” Felder said.
Felder is a breast cancer survivor, and, in November, there were no signs of cancer. However, some cells lingered, and Felder had a seizure because they formed a mass on her brain.
“The good thing is it wasn’t bigger than an inch,” said Felder, “”so they feel very confident that they’re able to remove it and bring me back to full health again.”
On Monday afternoon, Felder went into surgery to remove the cancer cells. After that, Felder will get radiation. She says doctors believe that should be enough to fight the cancer.
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