Woman Saved in Green Bay

All over the news Tuesday, including CNN, was the daring rescue by Wisconsin State Patrol Trooper Les Boldt of a woman suffering post partum depression and believed to be suicidal. To see the story, click on this link: Green Bay Press-Gazette. The video, if you can watch it, is extremely dramatic, and makes you realize just how close a fellow sufferer came to hurting herself or even losing her life. It would seem good communication among family members, healthcare practitioners and law enforcement may have been the key to saving her life – which is why it is always important to make sure everyone who needs to be involved in the care of someone suffering from a postpartum disorder is informed. Better to talk about it and save a life, than to ignore it out of fear or shame.