I am pretty kacked off about this today - have held it in till now but can't sleep for being angry!!!!
My d2, who is 5, has a degenerative but mercifully self-limiting hip condition (Perthes Disease). For the last 18 moths she has been in a wheelchair at school, and when we go to the shops, or indeed out anywhere, she uses a Maclaren Major (sometimes folk refer to it as a "disabled buggy").
Today we went out to the local supermarket - 5 mins walk to Morrisons, we go there a lot, and in fact dd2 loves it as the checkout supervisor through the day has a brother who had the same condition as a child and always asks her how her hip is and how she is doing .... (we got into a convo just after she was diagnosed and this woman has always been brilliant with dd2).
But on the way ....
A workman driving up our street rolled down his window and shouted "hey, lazy, get up and walk". I just waited till he stopped at the junction and saif "my daughter is disabled" - and he apologised.
Then - at the pedestrian crossing just up the road, there were 2 old ladies, one of whom brought out the mantra I am now used to - -- "you would think a child of that age should be walking!"
Dd2 piped up herself then "I've got Perthes disease, I'm not allowed to walk or run or hop or skip or jump at all till the doctor tells me".
The old bat woman just gave her a funny look and walked off. Dd2 (bless her) shouted "didn't you hear me?" after the old bat dear.
I take my hat off to the parents who deal with this every day, forever, because their children have permanent mobility problems - you are all stars! Hopefully next month dd2 will be given the all clear and be free of mobility aids.
But if I don't kill someone with my bare hands before then, it will be a miracle!!!
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**WHY** don't people understand that my dd is in a Major buggy for a reason????
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weegiemum · 14/08/2009 23:11
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