Preston Blosser sat on the floor fiddling with the under-workings of a small black stool. Like any other 6-year-old, the Dogwood Elementary first grader was preoccupying himself with an improvisational toy, later demonstrating how a person would fall if said stool was sat on.
"He's my hero," mom Kathryn "Sissy" Dilsworth said, looking at him.
It was the night of March 6. Dilsworth, 29, who has a medical history of low blood pressure that can lead to her passing out, was making something for Preston to eat — a swiss bacon burger and tea. While messing about the kitchen, she bent over to clean up some dry food the dog had scattered on the floor.
"I went from bent over feeling dizzy to waking up with all of these people around me," she said.
That's because in that block of time, Dilsworth passed out and fell down a flight of stairs in her Camdenton home.
Preston, having heard the noise, came looking for his mother, only to find her unconscious at the bottom of the stairs.
"I was washing my hands, getting ready to eat my sandwich," he said.
The only two people home at the time, Preston grabbed his mother's cell phone out of her jacket and dialed 911.
The phone call lasted only about five minutes, and when the first respondents — in plain clothes — arrived at the house, the ever-protective Preston said he wouldn't let them in the house without seeing some ID.
Dilsworth was taken to Lake Regional Hospital. Ironically, she had planned to take Preston there because he had been feeling sick to his stomach that morning. Although Preston said he felt fine after the incident.
"I was supposed to take him to the hospital, and he ended up taking me," Dilsworth said.
Preston said he learned about calling 911 for emergencies from his mom and her boyfriend, Jeff Rey.
What Dilsworth said amazed her were the reports she heard of how calm Preston mananged to stay, both while on the phone and at the hospital.
Preston admitted, though, he was pretty worried.
"I cried a little bit," he said.
Dilsworth sustained a few cracked ribs, bumps and bruises, but she also discovered a new hero to be thankful for.
"I tell him, 'you don't have to be Spiderman or Batman to be a hero and save someone's life,'" she said.
"And Wolverine," Preston added.
Contact this reporter at jennifer.hollis@lakemediaonline.com.
