Wasn't too sure where to post this, so thought I'd use this category as it's a popular one and I want as many mums to read this as possible.
My 2 yr old dd had a near miss of an accident this morning involving an infirm lady in a motorised wheelchair and I want to warn all other mums to keep their little ones as far away from these lethal things as possible.
I was in the local Co-op queueing at the till when I decided I fancied a bar of choc so I asked my little one to go and choose me one......big mistake. The choc was by this old lady in the wheelchair and I think she meant to reverse the chair to let dd get to the choc easier but accidentally put it into fast forward and my dd ended up being dragged horizontally along by the chair and was squashed in between the chair and the cash counter. The old lady was in such a flap, she wasn't concentrating on stopping the thing. I was absolutely helpless and the look of panic on my dd's face will stay with me to my dying day. An ambulance was called - thankfully she is OK and just has a very grazed abdomen and a bit of shock - it could have been so much worse. My fear was that at any minute she was going to go under the wheels of this thing and the consequences of a 2 yr old being run over by a heavy chair with a hefty old lady sat in it dosn't bear thinking about.....I am one grateful mummy, someone was watching over her today - words can't describe how lucky I feel that she's in one piece..........she can play up merry hell today - I don't care!!!!!
I don't want any other mum to experience what I did today - panic, hysteria (a few choice words were said to the old lady, I think the odd f word here and there , completely lost the plot basically and thought I was going to lose dd . Please be aware of these motorised chairs - the ambulance lady said they get called to so many incidents of old people losing control of them and running people down. At the end of the day the combination of being old and slow coupled with infirmity equals dulled reflexes - I don't think they should be allowed to use them unless they can prove they are in control. Keep your little ones well away. x.
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mammabelleboo · 03/12/2007 15:34
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MerryKerryXmas ·
04/12/2007 14:26
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