Averted a tradgedy here tonite with dd!

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Registered: 03-15-2004
Averted a tradgedy here tonite with dd!
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Thu, 02-07-2008 - 8:30pm
... i think! It could have been a major injury!!!

We were just baking cupcakes for Aves bday for school in the AM. She was mixing w/ the electric mixer & I was across the kitchen feeding the cat. All of a sudden she SCREAMED bloody murder - she had leaned over the bowl & the mixer caught her hair & when i looked, she had the mixer plastered to the side of her head, the blades all wrapped up in her hair TIGHT as can be, & the thing was whirring! I grabbed the plug & pulled it from the wall & calmed her down. It didnt cut her scalp or ear, but man oh man, it sure could have done some damage. The poor baby was HYSTERICAL - it took me 15' to unwrap her hair, but there wasnt much damage done.

She said after "I thought i was imagining it when it was happening". It must have been like one of those slow motion nitemares as it wound from the end of her hair, pulling her head in & moving all the way up towards her face & head!

LESSON TO LONG HAIRED PEOPLE ... tie your hair back! OMG, it was VERY scary!!!!!!!!!!

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Rebecca, Mom to Averey, 2/8/00, Kibo, Sana & Zuri too!

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Registered: 10-30-2004
Thu, 02-07-2008 - 8:38pm
Holy cow!!!
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Registered: 11-03-2003
Thu, 02-07-2008 - 8:40pm

Yikes!

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Registered: 10-30-2004
Thu, 02-07-2008 - 8:43pm
I've never heard of water intake things!!
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Registered: 03-15-2004
Thu, 02-07-2008 - 9:12pm

Heres a related article ...


http://www.bostoninjurylawyerblog.com/2008/01/wrongful_death_lawsuit_filed_i.html

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Rebecca, Mom to Averey, 2/8/00, Kibo, Sana & Zuri too!

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Registered: 09-11-2007
Fri, 02-08-2008 - 11:02am

Thank God she's ok!!!

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Registered: 10-10-2007
Fri, 02-08-2008 - 11:08am

I am so glad you had a quick reaction time!

April

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Registered: 12-28-2004
Fri, 02-08-2008 - 11:47am

Major OOOOOWEE! Poor baby! That had to have hurt! Glad no major damage was done.

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Registered: 08-08-2007
Fri, 02-08-2008 - 1:45pm

Another thing to worry about with long hair is those water-intake "things" in hot tubs and the bottom of pools.

~Pacific~