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NEWARKSon savesmom’s lifeWISE COUNTY MESSENGER, Decatur, Texas, Saturday, November 24, 20123ABy BRANDON EVANSEleven-year-old Graysonoore was born blue.The fifth grader at SevenHills Elementary wasn’t expectedto survive long afterbeing deprived of oxygenduring his birth.“He was born three weeksearly, and they didn’t give usmuch hope,” said his motherMilissa Moore. “He was blue.He had to go into intensivecare at Harris Methodist forthree weeks.”But there was somethingspecial about Grayson. Despitebeing born three weekspre-mature, he alreadyweighed 9 1/2 pounds. Hisfather Scott and his momstayed night and day at thehospital until Grayson stabilized.“He’s meant to be here,”Milissa said. “He has a purpose.”Earlier this month, Graysonproved at least part ofhis purpose when he helpedsave his mother’s life.“My mom went outsideto take out the trash,” saidGrayson. “I was asleep in theDECATURBike wreck injures 1living room. But I woke upafter I heard a noise outside.”Milissa was in the grip ofviolent seizures. She’d fallennear the front steps of herhome in Newark. Her headwas heaving uncontrollablyup and down onto thewooden surface near thesteps. While some peoplemight have been too scaredor shocked to act, Graysonreacted with certainty andpurpose.“The first thing I did wasroll her onto the grass becauseit was a softer surface,”Grayson said. “I thenbrought her a pillow to putunder her head and a blanketbecause it was cold, and Icalled my dad.”His father, who was workingthe late shift, called 911and rushed home. In themeantime, Grayson continuedto remain calm and carefor his mother.“He kept count of howmany seizures she had, so hecould tell that to the medicsand firefighters when theyarrived,” Scott said.Moments later, membersof the Newark VolunteerA motorcycle operator was seriously injuredin a pre-dawn wreck Friday in Decatur.The accident happened at U.S. 380 and the onramp to U.S. 81/287 North in Decatur around5:40 a.m. when the motorcycle operator lostcontrol and struck a guardrail.The patient was taken to Wise RegionalHealth System and then flown to a Fort Worthhospital.The motorcycle operator’s name and conditionwere unavailable at press time Friday.Fire Department and WiseCounty medics arrived onthe scene.“They said everything hedid was textbook,” Scott said.They transported Milissato Wise Regional Health Systemin Decatur where theywere able to stabilize her.Milissa was diagnosedwith epilepsy about a yearago after a traffic accidentleft her brain damaged.Her life has permanentlychanged. Her frequency ofseizures makes normal lifedifficult. It has altered a lotof her behaviors, includingsleep patterns and memory.“A dog ran in front of me,and I swerved to miss him,”Milissa said. “I ran into alight pole.”Her seat belt was on, buther airbag failed to deployand her head hammeredagainst the steering wheel.“When I got to her afterthe accident, she was crying,”Scott said. “She saidnext time she will ‘hit thedarn dog.’”While she has tried tocope with epilepsy, her sonsGrayson and Hayden, 7,School deals ...Continued from page 2Ahave to discuss a bond issue.The district had hoped to tieinto the city’s sewer system, butthat may not happen for quitesome time as the city is lookingat its water system and puttingwastewater on the back burner,said Chapman.Future improvements couldinclude a new 50,000-gallonMessenger photo by Brandon Evans • Buy reprints at wcmessenger.com/reprintsLIFESAVING ACTION — Milissa Moore of Newark hugs her son, Grayson. The 11-year-oldrecently helped save his mom’s life when she went into a series of seizures outside theirhome.have learned a lot abouthow to care for people whohave seizures.“He’s seen and learneda lot,” Milissa said. “He’san amazing kid. For an11-year-old to keep so calm— it was awesome.”Grayson hopes to one daybe a doctor or scientist andmaybe help people who sufferfrom seizures like hismom does.“If anybody can learnanything from this I hopeparents just make surethey tell their kids how toreact when somebody needshelp,” Scott said. “Graysondid everything we told himto do.”plant to replace the oldest partof the system. That, coupled withnew filters that will be required,could cost $1 million, which thedistrict would have to raise.At its Dec. 17 meeting, theboard is slated to discuss bringingin engineers to assess thesituation.Email Jimmy at jalford@wcmessenger.com.Thanks to Grayson’s calmunder fire, his family enjoyeda happy Thanksgiving.Email Brandon at bevans@wcmessenger.com.BRIDGEPORTNewly installed bridge vandalizedDirect Satellite Internet & TV940-683-0090 • 866.571.0003www.dsit.usUp To 12 MBPS!!!By KRISTEN TRIBEThe newly-constructedbridge on County Road 3214,just outside Bridgeport, wasvandalized last week.The cement had been recentlypoured and was curingwhen someone drove a trackhoe around the site and intothe sides of the bridge, damagingit.Interim Precinct 4 CommissionerGlenn Hughes saidinspection revealed there isno structural damage to thebridge, just cosmetic.“We’ll have to replace theguardrails and things likethat,” he said.The track hoe had beentemporarily left at the site bythe construction company andwas being used as a roadblockuntil the road was re-opened.Hughes said the bridgeshould be open in the next fewweeks, and in the meantime,Sheriff David Walker saidthere will be increased patrolsin the area.This stretch of road hadbeen blocked to through trafficsince 1999, and it becamethe subject of controversy afterCommissioner Terry Ross,who has since been temporarilysuspended for unrelatedreasons, began work on theclosed portion of road in June.Sonny Tackel of Bridgeportfiled a petition askingcounty commissioners to keepthe half-mile section of roadclosed. He and his neighborstold commissioners that whenthe road was open, it was acommon site for parties thatinvolved drinking and druguse.Bridgeport resident DavidCarlton filed a cross-petitionasking commissioners to denythe first petition.Citizens on both sides ofthe issue attended the commissioners’July 30 meetingwhere after an hour-long discussion,the county officialsdecided to re-open the road,denying Tackel’s petition.Email Kristen at ktribe@wcmessenger.com.November 30,