Guest guest Posted August 16, 2010 Report Share Posted August 16, 2010 Wow. That must have been a terrible experience for a 10 year old!love/RebAnne wrote:when I was 10 we were on the economy in Germany in a 3rd floor apartment - that was a hoot - I was arguing with my little brother and walked through the cord to the coffee pot - the hot coffee hit the back of my knee and took the whole calf - being more than 50 miles from the dispensary we finished supper - my angels were watching me - Grace grabbed the diapers off the dryer (after diapers they became dust rags) and the vaseline - not the right combination - the medics couldn't understand why I was watching them debride (pull the dead skin off with tweezers) - I wanted to be a nurse - the nerves by then did not hurt - when we got back home in the wee hours - it started hurting and burning - this was the night before we moved into temporary quarters in Kaiserslautern (biggest army housing kaisern/city in Germany) - there was a minor hitch - we lived on the 4th floor (no elevators) - I had to walk a block and go up two flights of stairs to cross the bridge over the autobahn - then two flights of stairs to the huge parking lot - and you guessed it - my class was on the second floor - two round trips a day during the week - I ate lunch at home - every week for six weeks we walked a mile or so to the medics to have the dressings changed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 16, 2010 Report Share Posted August 16, 2010 I just thought it was normal - I wanted to be a nurse math kept me out of nursing school ended up a counselor and social worker I got my EMT with a 94 and several years later my son beat my score on the state boards To: MSersLife <MSersLife >Sent: Mon, August 16, 2010 2:50:37 PMSubject: Re: vacation hazards... /Anne II Wow. That must have been a terrible experience for a 10 year old! love /Reb Anne wrote: when I was 10 we were on the economy in Germany in a 3rd floor apartment - that was a hoot - I was arguing with my little brother and walked through the cord to the coffee pot - the hot coffee hit the back of my knee and took the whole calf - being more than 50 miles from the dispensary we finished supper - my angels were watching me - Grace grabbed the diapers off the dryer (after diapers they became dust rags) and the vaseline - not the right combination - the medics couldn't understand why I was watching them debride (pull the dead skin off with tweezers) - I wanted to be a nurse - the nerves by then did not hurt - when we got back home in the wee hours - it started hurting and burning - this was the night before we moved into temporary quarters in Kaiserslautern (biggest army housing kaisern/city in Germany) - there was a minor hitch - we lived on the 4th floor (no elevators) - I had to walk a block and go up two flights of stairs to cross the bridge over the autobahn - then two flights of stairs to the huge parking lot - and you guessed it - my class was on the second floor - two round trips a day during the week - I ate lunch at home - every week for six weeks we walked a mile or so to the medics to have the dressings changed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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