Surprise Trip to Urbandale Store Was More Than Couple Bargained For

A surprise shopping trip to an Urbandale furniture store wasn't quite what one couple bargained for on Saturday.

Roxanne Troutman surprised her husband, David, by taking him to the Homemakers Furniture store, 10215 Douglas Ave., to buy a new reclining chair - just in time for Sunday's Super Bowl.

Shortly after entering the store David began feeling dizzy, KCCI News Channel 8 reported.

David soon started having trouble breathing and lost color in his skin.

An employee and two bystanders came to David's help just after he stopped breathing.

KCCI reported that a man in an ISU sweatshirt began chest compressions while an off-duty nurse, Stacey Bockes, was handed a portable automated external defibrillator by an employee.

"I hooked him up and we shocked him and started compressions again and he woke up and was alert. For a while there, it was scary. He was not looking good," said Bockes told KCCI. "God puts you in places for a reason and I think we were all there for a reason."

Quick thinking by customers and employees, along with the AED, made all the difference for Troutman.

Darlene Klages, Homemakers manager, told KCCI Sunday was the first time the AED was used at the store.

Troutman, who received a pacemaker, was resting at the hospital on Tuesday.

When he gets home, a new recliner will be waiting for him.

Roxanne Troutman told the TV station that she will never surprise David with a reclining chair again.