A Nanaimo senior is grateful for the actions of two children who found her and called for help after she fell, suffered a concussion and lay exposed to cold night temperatures for 10 hours.

Lorraine Buchan, 90, who lives near Fillinger Crescent in north Nanaimo, took out her trash bin March 14 at about 10:30 p.m., but as she was returning to her house she fell and banged her head.

91裸聊视频淚 was putting out my garbage bin and, you know, from then on, I don91裸聊视频檛 know, I was down,91裸聊视频� Buchan said.

She figures she might have tripped on her front doorstep. She lay there for a couple of hours, and when she came around she couldn91裸聊视频檛 get back on her feet because she had injured one arm and has a problem with the rotor cuff in the other.

She eventually crawled back into her home on her hands and knees and then lay there with the lights on and the front door open all that night, calling for help, but no one responded.

91裸聊视频淭he lights were on, the front door wide open all night,91裸聊视频� Buchan said. 91裸聊视频淣o cougars. No robbers. Nobody wanted me.91裸聊视频�

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Buchan lay in the cold for 10 hours until the following morning when Noah Lutz, 8, and his sister Meghan, 11, happened by after opting to walk to school on a different route than they91裸聊视频檇 normally take.

The children found Buchan when they heard her weak cries for help and investigated.

91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 not the fast way to school so I don91裸聊视频檛 why they were going that way that day, but they decided to 91裸聊视频� Every once in a while they leave early and walk different ways and it just happened to be that day as fate would have it,91裸聊视频� said Erin Lutz, the children91裸聊视频檚 mother.

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Meghan said they were a little scared, but overcame their apprehension to move in and help Buchan.

91裸聊视频淚 told Noah to stay there and then I went up and got a car to call the ambulance,91裸聊视频� Meghan said.

Noah stayed with Buchan until he heard a car start next door and ran to that residence to get help.

91裸聊视频淚 heard a truck starting next door and then I got that truck and they helped,91裸聊视频� Noah said. 91裸聊视频淚 told them then somebody needed help and then they went over.91裸聊视频�

Buchan was in hospital for eight days recovering from the injuries she suffered from the fall, but is now back at home still recovering from 91裸聊视频渨ooziness91裸聊视频� left over from the concussion, which she hopes will pass soon.

91裸聊视频淓verything takes takes time,91裸聊视频� she said.

She received a visit from the children who stopped by Sunday to check on her.

91裸聊视频淭hey are just fabulous. They all came to the door yesterday to see if I was OK,91裸聊视频� Buchan said.

Buchan now has a Lifeline medical alert device so she can call for help should she have another mishap and she has no intention of giving up living independently anytime soon.

91裸聊视频淚 had just celebrated my 90th birthday and I91裸聊视频檓 trying; I am. I91裸聊视频檓 still going to stay in my home.91裸聊视频�

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