Re: [AlwaysLearning] learning something new I did NOT want to learn at all, ever
Pam Hartley
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there's a terrible thorn (or a baby splinter) and Wally is there, he does
it. It's better for the girls, MUCH, because while I try to pretend to be
calm and matter-of-fact he really IS calm and matter-of-fact. And if I have
to do something myself and haul my way through it, I do, and then I feel
queasy and fluttery for hours-to-days afterward.
He's also had a lot more medical training than I have
(really-advanced-first-aid from his search and rescue days) and knows how to
tell if things are broken or sprained and all that.
Make some room on the wimp couch, wouldja? <g>
Pam
>From: SandraDodd@...all, ever
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: [AlwaysLearning] learning something new I did NOT want to learn at
>Date: Sun, Apr 13, 2003, 9:48 PMMe too. I can "do what needs to be done" but if the girls are hurt or
>
> So to those of you who ARE medically inclined and courageous and
> knowledgeable, I'm more impressed than before and grateful there are some
> people who can and will do those things.
>
> Keith was glad and sympathetic to my discomfort, and we washed,
> anti-bioticked and band-aided it, and though it's a little infected right at
> the opening, just barely.
>
> Keith never even winced. He is so strong and so brave and I'm such a total
> crybaby wimp.
>
there's a terrible thorn (or a baby splinter) and Wally is there, he does
it. It's better for the girls, MUCH, because while I try to pretend to be
calm and matter-of-fact he really IS calm and matter-of-fact. And if I have
to do something myself and haul my way through it, I do, and then I feel
queasy and fluttery for hours-to-days afterward.
He's also had a lot more medical training than I have
(really-advanced-first-aid from his search and rescue days) and knows how to
tell if things are broken or sprained and all that.
Make some room on the wimp couch, wouldja? <g>
Pam