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El Dorado County Deputies Perform Welfare Check On Elderly Man Worried About His Wife

EL DORADO COUNTY (CBS13) — The El Dorado County Sheriff's Office responded for a welfare check on an elderly man Sunday morning who was worried about his wife.

Upon arrival, deputies found the man had not been eating well.

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(credit: El Dorado County Sheriff)
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(credit: El Dorado County Sheriff)

Deputies made the man breakfast and were able to get in touch with his wife at the hospital to confirm she was okay.

The man offered the deputies one piece of advice before they left: "To always care for your significant other and to live in the moment."

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