2005-02-10 11:32 p.m.
I SO almost dropped the girl I work with who has Cerebral Palsy. Well, I didn’t almost drop her, but she almost slipped to the floor. She had to go to the ladies room, and I was transferring her back to her chair. There was a puddle of water on the floor and I slipped. My left leg flew back, and my right one slid into her chair. She started to slide down her chair to the floor. She’s not the lightest girl there is, and I knew if she ended on the floor, I wouldn’t be able to get her up again (it’s hard enough to lift her from one seat that’s lower than her wheelchair up to her chair, so it’s next to impossible from the floor – it would be dead weight). So, as she was sliding, I thought, “Marla, stop her and pick her up!” And out of somewhere, I found the strength to pull her into her chair.I asked if she was alright, and she said “I’m fine, but how are you?” I said I was fine also, however, inside my head I was screaming. I managed to pull something nasty in my back, and my chin (which made hard contact with her chair) was bruising badly.
Thankfully, she really was fine. I was a bit (lot) nervous after that, but we still managed to go swimming – in a super cold pool. Seriously, I might as well have just drilled a hole in Lake Superior and swam there!
Seriously!
previous next
