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Published: 2015-02-01 16:29:13 +0000 UTC; Views: 274; Favourites: 7; Downloads: 1
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"Those icicles have been known to kill people!" - Ralphie's Mom - A Christmas Story
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I wouldn't want them to fall on me
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Absolutely not! Icicles are my favorite part of winter but I look at them from a distance.
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I sometimes take the little ones and play with it. Or eat it, like a popsicle
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Aww... I haven't eaten an icicle since I became disabled. I can't break them off for myself anymore & I never remember to ask my husband to get me one. Thanks for reminding me - now I just need it to snow. ;J
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Aw, I am sorry... How did you get to be disabled? I-If you don't mind me asking, of course...
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I don't mind you asking. Back in 2001 I was sick and my husband wanted to call me out of work. (I was a crossing guard for a grade school here in town). I didn't want him to call me out so I tried rushing down stairs from our second floor to stop him. When I was 3 steps from the bottom my right leg slipped off the step and slammed into the floor. My fibula (the thin bone in our calf on the side that isn't facing our other leg) broke diagonally - like this / - and my foot snapped completely off of my ankle. My foot was not attached to the rest of my leg. My skin was holding it inside me still but it was just hanging loose. My husband called an ambulance and I was taken to the hospital. They rushed me into surgery to reattach my foot. They used 2 steel plates and 12 steel screws to put my fibula back together. They will remain in my leg forever. They then used 2 more steel screws on the other side of my leg (the side near my left leg) to attach my foot back to my ankle. They will stay in there also. I had to go to a physical rehab for 2 months to learn how to walk and climb steps again just so I could get back into my house. My right ankle doesn't flex very much so walking is very difficult & painful. Standing is hard because there is no cartilage between the bones so when I stand they grind together. Since my accident I've developed arthritis in my ankle and knee on my right leg. I also have arthritis in my leg knee from over using it to make up for my right leg. I need to use my scooter outside of my house to get around. It's a long explanation so I hope I didn't bore you.
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Oh. I am so sorry. You are so strong, I wouldn't make it.
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You're so sweet. I never really think of myself as strong. I had a 12 year old son who needed me so I was willing to do whatever I needed to do to get back home to him. He was so traumatized that day. I felt terrible for what he went through - hearing my leg snap, hearing me scream and seeing me lying on the ground waiting for the ambulance. After the one scream I didn't cry or show how much it hurt because I didn't want to scare him. I just told him that I broke my leg and they'd put a cast on it and I'd be home that day. I promised him he could decorate my cast. I didn't realized how much damage I'd really done and that I wouldn't be home for more than 2 months. That was the worst part - being separated from my husband and son. You're strong & I know you'd make it. You have your family & friends who'd help you through too!
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You ARE strong. I've never came across someone who cares for their family so deeply that they even hide their own pain before them. I don't know if I'd make it. I am a little crybaby. Also, I've never broken anything before, so I think that it's way too more painful than a head cut,
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Thank you, honey. You're very kind. I always put my family before myself - it's just how I am. You'd make it. You're stronger than you know. Guess what? This accident was the first time I'd ever broken a bone in my life. I won't lie - it did hurt immensely, but seeing my son so scared and worried hurt me more.
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That's very noble of you
I hope I'll never break anything. And if so, may it only be some finger or something.
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I hope you won't be I the hospital for any reason! Be careful snowboarding!
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It is quite lovely, isn't it
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