You might be able to understand the fear that struck Tammie Stanley's heart last week when you hear the story she told me.
Tammie was on the job as a guidance counselor at a Roanoke middle school March 23 when she got an unexpected phone call from LewisGale Medical Center. That's when she first learned her 84-year-old mom, Sherry Stanley, was at the emergency room.
Turned out, Sherry had taken a fall in the driveway of the Cave Spring home the two women share. Sherry was OK, a woman named Ashley from the Emergency Department told Tammie. The hospital treated an ugly contusion on Sherry's forehead, and she was ready for discharge.