OT They never listen!

OUCH! Mega Ouch!!

That sucks, I hope she gets good treatment when she does get to see him.

I know how you feel on that one. It hurts to see them make mistakes, especially if they are repeating your history.

Padded cell?

Lizzy

Ouch!!! And that's putting it mildly. Except for the 4-inch heels, that could have been me! The first night we had our new baby, she went after the cat and I wasn't prepared. She took off, and I went flying through the air behind her. Thankfully it was in the house, and my landing was on carpet, and she couldn't drag me anywhere else! My knee got pretty banged up and a little swollen (I must have landed on it), buy it was nothing compared to what your DD is going through.

I'm keep> DD1 went out with friends last weekend, and since she was not driving

Oh my ... that sounds so painful and yet so in need of the things you know you shouldn't say in that situation. I hope she heals well and learns something from the situation. Poor pup -- he must have been traumatized.

Polly, I have heard that line about God knowing what She was doing when She gave us our children. I'm going to be in line right behind you to ask the same questions.

Actually, I have only myself to blame for my children. When we first started thinking about a family, on impulse one day I went into a chapel at the hospital where I was interviewing a doctor for a story. I sat in that sweet little chapel and said a prayer that would only come from the mouth of a young, naive woman: "Dear God, please, just send me a child who needs me more than anyone else on earth." Sigh.

Hugs to NM, hurting daughter, the puppy and to all mothers everywhere. Sunny

When I was teaching dog-training classes, the first thing I taught was the Dynamic Leash Hold. I don't know if that is what it is really called, but that's what I called it. It isn't my invention, I know that. Many a handler looked at me, thinking, "I know how to hold onto a lead!" But they learned better.

You put the loop over the right hand thumb and then close the fist. Any extra lead can be stored there in loops if necessary, or fed out. This works with dog on right or left, though we usually work with the dog on the left.

Now, this grip is almost impossible to break, but if wooffit decides to take off under a bus, all one has to do is open the hand, and the bond is broken. Try it.

Poor DD, she will be sore. She has my sympathies. What is it they say? A good deed never goes unpunished?

And me, I'm in the queue, too.

Nel (Gadget Queen)

wow, poor thing! Sometimes only old age will cure the stupidity of 4" heels -old feet simply can't take it.

With regard to your superpower signature, one has to ask just how many developmentally challenged children you have ;-) Roberta in D

You and Janet taught James to hold a dog on a lead. They don't get away from him... Pooch is coming here for her holidays in June. :)

Janet now uses a waist clip for the lead as even on a good day her hands are bad enough that Scamp can get away if she gets enthusiastic about something.

Here's hoping Bumble has caught no more hedgehogs...

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You have my sympathies. There's nowt so rare as common sense!

Here's hoping she gets seen ASAP and heals well and swift. If she was here I'd trot her down to the Minor Injuries clinic at the local hospital. There's no A&E there, but they'd tell us if she needed anything more. They dealt with the GMNT's slightly busted ankle very well, even when he developed Trench Foot. Do you have a service like that? Ours runs form 8am to 9pm seven days a week at the local cottage hospital.

So in english we are doing Romeo and Juliet and we are doing these movie things and i have hip hop.

Sounds like she was seen at the ER. I learned that they don't always cast a break right away and that they don't neccessarily cast them at all these days. They wait for the swelling to go down sometimes and sometimes use a brace. We have had more than a few breaks around here. They all seem to be handled differently except this mom being upset part. They don't listen here either. Hope the healing is swift NM. Taria

oooooo. not good. Here's hoping she heals swiftly and gets a good ortho man.

Excuse me for just one second...

AAAAAUUUUGGGGGHHHHH!!!!!

OK then.

So DD and her broken arm showed up at the doctor's office on Monday, only to be told "Oops! we overbooked. Come back tomorrow and we will definitely squeeze you in." On Tuesday she went back and got to see a physicians assistant. Obviously a very skilled PA because he decided to contradict the radiologists, PAs, and the doctor at the ER. Apparently he could not see anything broken and the fact that half of her hand will not move must be due to "bruised nerves". They put her in a sling and told her to come back in a couple of weeks.

I am always a bit leery when medical people start talking about things like "bruised nerves". If there actually were another doctor she could go to I would tell her to get a second opinion. She would have to drive an hour to get here for it, and finding a reliable ride would be very very difficult.

On the plus side DGS starts school next week. An early intervention sort of thing. It is a focused speech and communications sort of thing for developmentally disabled preschoolers. Yeah, DGS is autistic, possibly non-verbal. So DD will at least get to rest her arm a bit.

NightMist