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Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Book Entry 118: 1974 My Hair and Robin's Toe


         It was June.  The weather was warm.  Mom was at our house visiting with the girls.  The four of us were outside.  Heidi was playing with her tricycle, mom was watching Robin, and I was getting a picnic lunch ready.
Robin was squirming a little bit and demanding attention more than usual.  She was wearing a pajama outfit with feet so her feet were not visible.  We decided she might just need changing to be more comfortable.  When I undressed her to change her diaper I found a long blond hair, mine, wrapped around the middle toe of her right foot.  
The hair was wrapped tightly many times around the tiny toe.  We couldn’t find an end to the hair or a way to unwind it.  The toe had turned black.  We struggled to get the hair off as quickly as possible to restore the blood flow.  I was afraid she would loose the toe but as soon as we got the hair off and started massaging the toe turned a nice pink again matching all the others.  I was careful to always inspect toes with every diaper change after that!
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5 comments:

  1. AnonymousNovember 22, 2011 at 2:11 PM

    oh my gosh, imagine that, amazing,
    I don't know why but your posts aren't coming up on my reader list, I have some reading to do!

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  2. AnonymousNovember 28, 2011 at 8:21 AM

    How scary! I'm glad she was ok.
    I found your blog through laurie at" when the bough breaks".

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  3. Terriea KwongNovember 28, 2011 at 9:15 PM

    So sweet baby and your family photos certainly bring you lots of GREAT memory. Nice to read your blog.

    Terrie from Hong Kong

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  4. Chatty CroneNovember 29, 2011 at 6:53 PM

    I have heard of that from my son and DIL - I have a one year old grandson and had never heard about it before that. Hi - I am here from Laurie's blog.

    Sandie

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  5. JoyceDecember 2, 2011 at 3:13 PM

    Welcome Sandy and Terrie....I hope you enjoy....

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Thank you for sharing in my life's journey. If you don't leave a comment I have no way of knowing you stopped by. I do hope you enjoy reading of my life as much as I have enjoyed living it! Joyce

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