Sharon Lewis recounted an incident where she accidentally fell and struck her head against a concrete step late at night. In a twist of fate, the only individual present to come to her aid was her 3-year-old great-grandson.
STRASBURG, Colo. — When his great-grandmother, Sharon Lewis, fell and needed help, 3-year-old Bridger Peabody braved the dark.
The event transpired after Lewis had brought Bridger back to Strasburg from Children’s Hospital, where the young boy’s older sister was receiving medical care for an injury to her finger. Lewis volunteered to look after Bridger while the rest of his family remained at the hospital with his sister.
Detailing the sequence of events, Lewis explained, “We were navigating through the dimly lit backyard, and things were going smoothly. However, as we reached the door where I intended to retrieve the keys, I inadvertently stumbled over an obstacle protruding in the pathway.”
“She had her walker and then she fell on our porch,” Bridger said.
Lewis said she hit her head on a large, cement step.
“She bonked her head, and it popped open,” Bridger described.
Lewis said she told her great-grandson she was okay, though blood covered her head and soaked her clothes. She was thankful she didn’t pass out so she could try and work with Bridger to get proper help.
“We tried hollering for the neighbor because we saw her lights on,” Lewis said.
Lewis said the neighbor couldn’t hear them, which meant Bridger was going to have to be her hero.
“I said, ‘You know what? You’re going to have to go out to the car and get my phone,'” Lewis said.
She said Bridger turned to head to the driveway where the cars were. Shortly after he left, he came back.
“He said, ‘It’s too dark, GG,'” Lewis said. “I said, ‘I know, but you’re going to have to be brave. Jesus will help you.”
“I was scared outside in the really dark,” Bridger said, thinking back.
She said Bridger went out again and made it to the car.
“And he yells, ‘I got it, GG!'” Lewis said, with a laugh.
Lewis said Bridger brought her the phone, and she was able to call other family members to help take care of Bridger and herself.
She said she was taken to UCHealth Anschutz for medical treatment, where doctors told her she had a serious concussion and put 22 staples in her head.
Lewis said if Bridger hadn’t been with her that night, she doesn’t know what she would have done.
“He’s just a blessing,” Lewis said. “I call him a hero. He goes, ‘No. I’m Bridger.’ He’s not quite sure what a hero is, I think, but he definitely is.”
