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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: AWMac on June 29, 2004, 11:00:24 PM
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What a night... was sitting here about 4 1/2 hours ago posting in the O Club when my 15 year old Daught rushes in the room and sez "Dad the TV just fell on Jake!!!" my 5 year old Son.
Now bear in mind this isn't a small TV. It's huge and heavy, takes 3 - 4 people to lift it past knee high. Well the stand that it was on had wheels, glass front, 2 shelves and just a lil at knee level. I've scolded my Son many times about laying in front of it an putting his feet on the stand... Well it happened, it fell on him.
The corner of the TV caught his forehead and tacked him down to the carpet. My wife and Daughter was in the kitchen and rushed into the Living Room to get the TV off him. Called 911, seemed forever for the ambulance to get here and he was loosing blood, alot of it. Finally, they arrived and we stablized him and then off to ER. 12 miles away. He's a Trooper, took 12 stitches outside and 8 on the inside. But we're home now and I still have a Son. It could have been far worse. Kids make Parents age before our time!!!!
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Glad to hear your son is okay.
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WOW, glad he's okay AWMac.
Kids can definetely scare years off of a parents life. hehe
So, is the TV okay?
RTR
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Thank you Sandman.
I'm still shaking and sweating. Wife and I are doing shifts tonight. We have to wake him up every 2 hours to see if he is okay.
I'd gladly give up the sleeptime knowing he's okay, instaed of the worse senario...:(
Thank God for good ER Doctors and Nurses :aok
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Originally posted by AWMac
I'm still shaking and sweating.
I know the feeling. When my son was two he ran through a glass door. Since then, we've lost count of the trips to the ER. He's sixteen now.
Now, I don't even break a sweat... a quick triage and we're in the car. :)
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Thats amazing. Good thing he survived. May I ask how does a giant TV fall onto a small child?
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TV survived but the Play Station is grounded for a few days! LOL
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That's fluffied up.
Glad to hear the boy's alright. Though. I hope he remembers this incident well, both for the lesson and for the stories.
On a less serious note, this could make a pretty decent commercial for Plasma Screen TVs.
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montag the stand that the TV was on had wheels... wheels + shag carpet spells disaster when a lil Boy sits infront of it rocking it with his feet.
Have used TV stand for sale.... Maybe EBay.
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Mac glad to hear your son is ok.
My kids (2 and 5) fall and get hurt all the time and it drives me nuts when they hang upside down from the swing set and such.....hope I never have to go through that.
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No watermelon Pork. This was a bad Idea of a "Plasma TV" *shiverin at my own bad joke*:eek:
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Glad to hear he is ok AWMac. Kids will add gray to your hair for sure. When the grandkids come along you'll finally feel it was all worth it. ;)
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AKIron thanx.
Same number 1 Son, two years ago on Fathers Day decided to ride his tricycle into the pool. I was working on the pool pump and got disgusted. I decided to smoke a cig at the far edge of the pool. 2 puffs into the cig I hear "Splash" No tricycle, No Jake... I dove into the shallow end only to first find the tricycle... then my Son... seemed like forever but it all happened in seconds. Got him outta the pool and he exploded like a water balloon. Once he started crying I knew he was gonna be okay.
I aged 10 years that day too....
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Who manufactured the TV stand? Are they still in business? Do they have assets? Who manufactured the TV? Was its weight at the base or was it top heavy and, thus, subject to tipping over? Were the TV and the stand part of a set? That would be great if they were cause then we can prove manufacturing defect.
I'm glad you posted before you had a chance to talk to anybody else. I'll need the ER report, the make and model of the TV, the type of stand it was on, and, most important of all, what program your son was watching.
You have hit the Lotto, fella... and I am your ticket.
Now scratch me.
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Airhead,
He was watching the Cartoon Channel... Ed, Edd and Eddy. For some reason I believe from your last post that you may fit in with my Son's programming. :rofl
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Originally posted by AWMac
Airhead,
He was watching the Cartoon Channel... Ed, Edd and Eddy. For some reason I believe from your last post that you may fit in with my Son's programming. :rofl
Well, yes- was the programming so funny your son kicked his feet in laughter, hitting the stand and causing this accident?
If so then we can sue Ed, Edd and Eddy, too- for being too funny for a five year old to watch without convulsing in laughter and thrashing his feet about, possibly causing the collapse of a television on his unblemished face.
This is America, baby- you bleed you sue.
I am your lottery ticket to the top- scratch me. That's all you have to do.
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Ya know, you could be saving the lives of 100's of small children all across the country that don't know this hazard exists.
Think of the children!
BTW, glad to hear he's fine.:aok
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OMG...really glad to hear he is okay man. Scary stuff.
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Frightening read, I didn’t expect it to end so well. I’m very glad that all is well.
Jeff Foxworthy has a joke that is very similar to your experience; it started kind of like this.
When I was a kid we had a 900 pound TV on a TV tray…
eskimo
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Damn MAC that was a close one. As a parent I know how you felt and I'm *very* very glad he's ok.
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Whew ! that was a close one.. glad your son is ok
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Macca,
hey bro, I'm glad to see that the little rugrat is doing ok. My 2.5yr old has already scared the bejesus out of us. I've bee MIA, I lost a hard drive, reformatted the slave drive for boot drive, I freeze upon clicking ok on the clipboard. Hopefully I'll be chatting with ya soon. Go easy on the Jack bro.
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Karaya
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You upgraded to a 36 inch tv and kept that 27 inch stand didnt you!
Man, drives you nuts when the kids get hurt.
"Dad why is my arm bent funny?" Well it looks broken bud..Lets go see what a doctor says.
Gota keep a cool head.
Man you have bright healthy blood kiddo!
Look at that neat spiral pattern! The stove elements sure are hot arnt they!
And the memories. For years afterwords my younger son would point out the rock he hit his head on to get a bunch of stitches. He would jump down the same bunch of rocks and then at the end bend over and put his head in the same postition against the rock..lol Drove my wife nuts.
in all the injuries and trips to emergency there were not many real tears that I remember. But I cried when saw the first bill from the orthadontist..man give me the emergency room any day.
Glad to hear your boys ok!
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Ya know, parenthood gives you grey hair. I have a fullhead of it! ;)
Glad to hear the kids doing fine. Just think, now you only have a few years until he's on his own and you can worry LONG DISTANCE!! :D
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Hey Mac, glad to hear he is allright, when I got my large tv it came with an anchoring strap to attact to the wall behind it, if yours didn't come with one, it would be easy to make one, head over to your local hardware store and describe what you want, they will be able to come up with one for ya, I watch our 3 and 2 year old foster girls constantly touching that tv and am glad it came with one.
NwBie
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Glad everything turned out alright. Im willing to bet you wont have to remind him not to lean his feet on the stand again. ;)
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I'm back guys and thanks for wishing my Son well.
After we got home the TV was still on the floor. So I get an old unused Carolina Wood end table that is strong, sturdy and big enough to handle the weight of the TV.
Well I forgot about my bad back and the old saying "Lift with your legs, not your back." My wife, 13 year old Daughter and I decided to get it up on the end table. Well we got it up on the endtable. TV works. Replaced a wall cable for the digital cable box. And felt pretty dammed lucky....until this morning. Yep, you guessed it... Screwed my back up pretty bad. Just another lesson learned.
I almost dread the 4th of July coming up. We'll just go watch fireworks... none for the home front.
Again, thanks for all the replies. :aok
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LOL gofaster. I live in Oklahoma....Only a fool would live in a trailer in Tornado Alley. Got a nice 5 bedroom, 2 bath, great livingroom, dining room and kitchen. 2 car garage with another 1 car garage that I use as the pool house...ohhh forgot to mention the inground pool with waterfall at the deep end which is between the house and the large fishing pond out back. Is this a "double wide?" All on a VA Loan.
:rofl
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Glad to hear your son is ok!!
=S= Mac
Ice_Nine
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Glad to here its all ok, it's amazing how time seems to crawl when you are waiting for an ambulance....
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Mac, all you need to secure the TV is some "Plumbers Tape" (which is actually a roll of metal strap) and some drywall screws. Secure 1 end to the TV and the other to a wall stud. $1.50 well spent.
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Glad to hear he's okay. Same thing happened to my son; he opened the cabinet on the TV stand to reach the channel buttons. It tipped forward enough that the 27-inch TV tipped forward. Luckily for him, the TV hit the open cabinet door, and was deflected enough to prevent the full weight of the TV from coming down on him. It caught his foot, but didn't break any bones...just gave him a nasty bruse. Went right out and bought a more stable entertainment center for the TV.
By the way, those head wounds really bleed out. It's enough to freak out any parent.:eek:
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happy he's ok Mac....
now calm down before you get a heart attack....
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Glad he's okay. I think I'll say what others may be thinking but haven't said yet.
You need think long and hard about your negligence in knowing that it was a dangerous setup that you did nothing to correct. Telling a child not to do something is not the answer. Anticipating potential dangers and eliminating them is your responsibilty, not his.
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Oh my god!
I hope everything is ok, and I hope his trigger and joystick arm and throttle arm are still good!
Hope everything turns out good!
scary thought for me, being 16 and seeing that happen to one of my brothers