http://www.ktvu.com/news/17527848/detail.html LOS GATOS, Calif. -- A six-year-old Los Gatos girl whose hand was severed in a very unusual accident was recovering Monday, and may regain motion in her reattached hand, thanks in part to quick help from a passer-by. Erica Rix was playing with a jump rope in the back of her mother's car two weeks ago when the end of the rope, fluttering out the window, caught on the car's axle. A loop of the rope tightened around the girl's wrist, slicing off her hand. "I heard a thunk and thought, 'What was that?' " her mother Allison Rix, 32, told the San Francisco Chronicle Sunday. With her daughter screaming in pain, Allison Rix pulled over the car over and went to her aid. She was shocked at what she found. Jim Bailey, of Saratoga, was driving by when he saw the girl's mother calling hysterically for help. He made a tourniquet put of his belt to slow the blood flow from the wound. Another driver called emergency services. Meanwhile, another motorist -- Gail Andrews -- located the girl's hand in the street, with the jump rope still wrapped around it, and stood in front of the severed limb to prevent other cars from running over it, the paper reported. Erica Rix was rushed to the hospital where surgeons repaired the bones, veins and arteries in her reattached hand. Authorities said Erica Rix doesn't have feeling or movement, but doctors were hopeful to further repair her hand in upcoming surgeries. After nine days in intensive care, Erica Rix was recovering at home.
thats got to be a real traumatic childhood memory. but a great conversation starter for her down the road
i mean, i feel bad for her...and i sympathize with the pain shes probably still experiencing... but i admit also thinking its kinda funny. seeing as everything turned out ok in the end, i mean..... who else can say "yeah, this is MY hand...i was born with it, but it hasn't always been attached to my arm"
I just couldnt imagine that happening to one of my kids. It was bad enough when britt knocked herself out playing volleyball.
one of the reasons why i REFUSE to ever open the rear windows on my car when my kids are in it. god only knows what sorta nonsense they'll get up to that'll kill them.
come on...have you learned nothing from this story? the moral is that if you invite danger upon your family you'll end up with a hilarious anecdote, and perhaps a scar to tell a story, but everyone will be fine in the end!
I invite danger on members of my family every day, and it still hasn't shown up yet. danger is a fucking slacking bastard.
