Clearwater Character Summer 07 “Talk about God, this is all God,” Devenia Navaroli said. “We don’t believe in coincidence. We know it’s not a coincidence that all those people were in place to save his life.” As CPR was being performed on Navaroli, Roberson consoled Navaroli’s wife by holding her in his arms and reassuring her that her husband was in good hands. When fire medics got him into the ambulance for transport to the hospital, the Long Center employees weren’t done helping yet. “Mark put me in his car and brought me to the hospital,” Devenia Navaroli said as she began to tear up. “And Ahmad, he works there at the center also, he drove my car, and they stayed with me. Dawn came to the hospital, too, and she stayed with me until my son got here from Melbourne, which was like four hours away. I was never alone.” Doctors determined Navaroli had gone into cardiac arrest due to multiple blockages in his heart. “The diagnosis wasn’t very good,” his wife said. Doctors did tell her, thanks to the quick actions of those at the Long Center, Navaroli was still alive even if he did need surgery. “They did it. They saved his life,” she said. Six days later, Navaroli had triple bypass surgery. “They were concerned about brain damage since he was down, but praise God there was no damage,” Devenia Navaroli said. Within a few days after surgery, her husband was up and walking around. Navaroli was soon out of the hospital, and going to cardiac rehabilitation three times a week. His cardiologists said how lucky he truly is. “When he first met the cardiologist, the cardiologist said, ‘You’re a miracle. You are a miracle,’” his wife said. A month after Albert’s cardiac arrest, he returned to the Long Center to thank all those who helped save his life. “Seeing Mr. Navaroli walk through the doors for the first time was a moment I will never forget,” Beasley said. “To think because of the team that was in place that day, you possibly had a part of saving a life is amazing.” Those employees who helped save Navaroli’s life that day are constantly trained on what to do in emergency situations like this one, but this was the first time staff used that training in real life. “We are already like family, but something like this brings you even closer together,” Beasley said. Mr. and Mrs. Navaroli think of them as family as well, and say they will continue coming to the Long Center. Employees there, as well as the Navaroli’s church members, have even come up with a nickname for him, “Miracle Man.” “You count your blessings, and we are,” Devenia Navaroli said. “It changes us. It transformed us. You appreciate every day and every minute. Praise God, he’s been given a second chance at life.”
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