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Student Saves Mother By Phone Call
Kim Cade, left, with her son Sa’Von Evans. Recently, Cade suffered a seizure while at home and her son, who is autistic, reached for her cell phone to call 911 and then he went to a neighbor’s front door for help after he could not revive his mother. Evans, 9, is a student at Twillman Elementary School.
Kim Cade thought she had simply dozed off. When she woke, she wondered why several people stood around her couch.
It turns out she suffered a seizure last month and her son, Sa’Von Evans, 9, a fourth grader at Twillman Elementary School in the Hazelwood School District, called for help when he couldn’t revive her.
“It was a Sunday and I was just laying down, watching TV,” Cade recalled. “When I woke up, the police officers and paramedics were staring at me and I was just in my pajamas!”
“He got my cell phone out and called 911,” Cade said. “Then he went to the neighbors’ to get help.”
Evans confirmed his role.
“I called 911 and I told them my mom had a seizure and she needs to go to the hospital,” said Evans, who is autistic.
Cade credits the teachers at Twillman for working with and improving Evans’ education and outlook. Special School District educator Selena Loughridge is one of his teachers.
“He came here in the middle of the last school year,” Loughridge said. “He’s a great kid and he is always happy and he participates in class.”
“He helps me keep things moving,” Cade said as her mother, Pauletta Cade, joined them.
“You know, now he says ‘I saved you,’” Pauletta reminded her daughter. “He’ll be 50 years old and he’ll still say, “Remember when I saved you?’”
