A Rowan man reported dead by the Sheriff’s Department is doing much better today and talking about his experience.
James Floyd Doolittle Sr., 58, of 1449 Circle Drive, was listed on a Sheriff’s Department report as a “miscellaneous found body.”
When a reporter called Doolittle’s home this morning, his wife said that she didn’t want to comment on her husband’s death. Later, Doolittle himself called the Post and said that he was alive.
Doolittle said that he had been drinking, taking Oxycontin, Xanax and Ambien when he went to sleep.
Early Thursday morning, his wife, Zoe, called the Sheriff’s Department. Deputy J.T. Hooks responded.Rowan Emergency Services transported him to NorthEast Medical Center.
He was treated and released Thursday.
“It just didn’t seem like it happened,” Doolittle said this morning. “I just went to sleep and woke up.”
He said that he takes the Oxycontin for chronic back pain, the Xanax for nerves and the Ambien to help him sleep.
Doolittle added that there were rumors that his heart stopped and started back up, but “I don’t think I was in any death situation...
“I think I drank a little bit too much,” he added.
He said that he doesn’t remember much of what happened at the hospital. They had him hooked up and worked on him for a little bit.
“I finally come to,”Doolittle explained. “They let me come home an hour after that... It was an accidental overdose until I get the blood work and see what it says.”
Lt. John Sifford with the Sheriff’s Department said that the report did make it appear that Doolittle had died.
Contact Joanie Morris at 704-797-4264 or jmorris@salisburypost.com
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