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partyof6
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jeannine
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warning regarding accident on news involving child-tmi
I just saw something sickening on the news.
Out of state a girl was in a public pool on a golf course.
She sat on a drain that was faulty and it caused a massive suction.
The suction pulled her small intestines through her rectum.
She lived but will need a tube forever.
Her parents investigated it and put the story on the news because it has happened elsewhere before.
They want everyone to check drains and where their children sit.
geeeeez poor girl.
prayers to her and her family
Message edited 7/5/2007 6:42:59 PM.
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nmp070106
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Re: warning regarding accident on news involving child-tmi
I saw that to i was like  porr little girl!!!
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| Posted 7/5/07 7:08 PM |
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luvmiboy
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CunningOne
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snuggleupagus
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Re: warning regarding accident on news involving child-tmi
This has happened a lot over the years. So sad.
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| Posted 7/5/07 7:28 PM |
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MelToddJulia
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Re: warning regarding accident on news involving child-tmi
OMG!!! That poor girl....
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| Posted 7/5/07 7:29 PM |
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EmmaNick
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Re: warning regarding accident on news involving child-tmi
I ALWAYS checks the drains in pools. There have been so many stories about girls hair being caught in them and then they drown.
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| Posted 7/5/07 7:31 PM |
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pinkandblue
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Re: warning regarding accident on news involving child-tmi
oh my god, how horrible...poor baby. what pain she must've been in
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| Posted 7/5/07 7:58 PM |
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Claud
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Re: warning regarding accident on news involving child-tmi
OMG! I have NEVER heard anything like this...I am floored that some people have even heard of this before.  How terrible, and what a painful, horrific experience for that poor child to live through.
What kind of pool is this?? What type of drain?
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| Posted 7/5/07 8:07 PM |
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BellaRock
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Re: warning regarding accident on news involving child-tmi
Poor baby. That is so horrible.
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| Posted 7/5/07 8:11 PM |
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EmmaNick
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Posted by Claud
OMG! I have NEVER heard anything like this...I am floored that some people have even heard of this before. How terrible, and what a painful, horrific experience for that poor child to live through.
What kind of pool is this?? What type of drain?
Typically in ground pools have drains in the bottom that suck the water in. If the grate or cover is cracked, it's very dangerous as it will suck anything in that touches it.
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| Posted 7/5/07 8:27 PM |
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aidamarie
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Re: warning regarding accident on news involving child-tmi
This is the news article on it, Poor baby, this is sickening
A 6-year-old Edina girl remained hospitalized in serious condition Wednesday after an unusual accident in which several feet of her intestine were pulled out by the suction of a swimming pool drain.
Abigail Taylor was injured Friday in the wading pool at the Minneapolis Golf Club in St. Louis Park and taken to Children's Hospital for surgery.
"It's a horrible, life-altering injury," said Robert Bennett, the attorney for Abigail's parents, Scott and Kathryn Taylor.
Bennett said doctors had to perform surgery to remove the part of Abigail's intestine that remained following the accident. He said it is likely that she will have to be fed intravenously for the rest of her life.
Bennett said doctors now are concentrating on preventing infection and managing pain, and are also deciding what course to take on further potential medical procedures to treat the injury.
Bennett said Abigail does not yet know the full extent of her injuries. "She knows she's been hurt," he said. "She's a strong little girl. How she extricated herself from that drain I'll never know."
Although some details of the accident are still fuzzy, it is known that Abigail was able to free herself from the drain and get out of the pool on her own without calling for help. As a result, the extent of her injuries wasn't immediately evident to the people near her.
In a message posted on the Caring Bridge, a nonprofit Internet site that offers free Web pages to families of people recovering from illness or injuries, the Taylors said the protective cover on the pool's drain had come off.
If so, the scenario of the injury fits a pattern that the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission warned about in a 2005 report, "Guidelines for Entrapment Hazards: Making Pools and Spas Safer."
According to the report, if a child sits on an open drain, the suction, which can reach several hundred pounds per square inch, can rupture the rectum and eviscerate the child in a matter of seconds.
There have been three such incidents since 1990. The most recent was two years ago when a 3-year-old was disemboweled by a hot tub drain.
None of those accidents was fatal, although in the same time span 13 people, most of them children, drowned after being caught in underwater drains.
Abigail's injury comes as Congress is considering new pool-safety regulations. Instead of having one main drain, both public and private pools would be required to have multiple drains with reduced suction. Owners of existing pools would be able to install safety release sensors that will turn off the suction if it the system is blocked.
The Minneapolis Golf Club referred calls to its insurance company, which wasn't open Wednesday because of the holiday.
Bennett described the Taylors, who have three other daughters, "as brave and optimistic." He said they are focused on Abigail's immediate recovery, her long-term future care and steps that can be taken "to make sure this kind of thing never happens to anyone else again."
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A six-year-old US girl has been hospitalized after a horrifying accident at a swimming pool, when she sat on an open drain and a powerful suction pump tore out part of her intestinal tract.
A surgeon told the family that part of her intestines had been lost.
Abigail Taylor was severely injured on Tuesday when she sat over an open drain hole in a wading pool at the Minneapolis Golf Club, according to a posting by her family on the Caring Bridge website.
The posting, which has since been taken down, said it was a "medical miracle" that Taylor was still alive.
Taylor is listed in serious condition at Children's Hospital in Minneapolis.
Bob Bennett, a lawyer representing the family, told the St Paul Pioneer Press she was conscious and able to speak late on Tuesday but that she faces a series of surgeries with uncertain results.
Bennett alleged that the swimming pool's drain hole was improperly uncovered.
An official at the golf club expressed sympathy for the family and said he didn't think anything was wrong with the pool, but referred questions to the club's lawyer, who declined to comment.
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| Posted 7/6/07 1:56 AM |
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MrsBumbleb
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Re: warning regarding accident on news involving child-tmi
WHAT? How horrific
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| Posted 7/6/07 6:48 AM |
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nrthshgrl
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Re: warning regarding accident on news involving child-tmi
I have heard of it before too.
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| Posted 7/6/07 6:51 AM |
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lvdolphins
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twicethefun
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| Posted 7/6/07 7:19 AM |
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My2Boys
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| Posted 7/6/07 7:24 AM |
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4monkeys
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GenLCSW
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Re: warning regarding accident on news involving child-tmi
OMG...thats terrible!
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| Posted 7/6/07 8:42 AM |
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SoinLove
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