Word of warning for indoor mechanics

fleshtuxedo

My 4 year old daughter is having an operation tomorrow under general anaesthetic to remove a single braid of brake cable from her arm.

I built up my TT bike in the conservatory last week. When I trimmed a brake cable, some strands flew off and hid somewhere in a nook or cranny.

She somehow got the piece of wire stuck in her arm and it then worked its way in and beyond reach of tweezers.



If you do mechanicing indoors and you have kids or pets, or even if you don't, please learn from my mistake and don't leave any bits of wire around....

Frank the tank

Hope everything goes well my owd and that she soon recovers.

Don't "beat yourself up" over it though, it's just one of those totally unpredictable things 999 times out of a 1,000 tweezers would have got the blighter out. As a parent though you can't help but blame yourself.

Cleat Eastwood

nasty. hope she's all right.

-spider-

Poor little mite. Hope all goes well for her - I'll certainly be more careful!

mattshrops

theres a thousand things that could have gone in her arm. just bad luck. All the best for the op.

cornerblock

Sorry to hear that, hope your daughter is ok. Thanks for the advice.

thesquireofbanwell

Very sorry to hear that. Best wishes to you.her and your family for the future.
Please keep us updated

Harry182

Thanks for the heads up and +1 to what Frank the tank said.

manofsteel

I know how you feel, I had the same thing happen to my 2 year old a couple of months ago. i thought I'd swept everything up but a small bit of gear cable still managed to find its way into her foot. Fortunately, after a trip to the doctors, it worked itself out after a few days hobbling around and giving me that 'you dumb b%£$a£d' look!
Seriously though, I hope everything works out well for you and yours.

cornerblock

manofsteel wrote:

I know how you feel, I had the same thing happen to my 2 year old a couple of months ago. i thought I'd swept everything up but a small bit of gear cable still managed to find its way into her foot. Fortunately, after a trip to the doctors, it worked itself out after a few days hobbling around and giving me that 'you dumb b%£$a£d' look!
Seriously though, I hope everything works out well for you and yours.

Blimey, this was something I had never even considered before. Learn something new every day as they say.

redrobbo

Freak accident. Best wishes for the op.

Headhuunter

Amazing that it has made it's way so deep into her body that it needs an operation to get it out! I would have thought it would only get so far into the epidermis and than stop and just come out like a splinter of wood or whatever... Hope she feels better soon...

fleshtuxedo

Thanks very much for the messages. She had the wire out this morning and no problems with the general anaesthetic (which was the worry really) so all well in the end. Still, I'll make sure I'm more careful in the future..... :oops:

cornerblock

Glad to hear that she is ok.

lemoncurd

Blimey - that is a freak accident, glad to hear that the operation went well.

mingmong

+1 on the well wishes. Glad to hear she's back okay.

Advice taken - I'm going to clean the kitchen and garage tonight.

CiB

I blame the parents m'self. Reminds me of that time my toddler son accidentally swallowed a Mich Pro Race 3. Terrible moment, when you suddenly realise that thirty quid's worth of tyre has gone missing.



Good luck with it OP, and like they've said, it's a one in a million. But you'll still beat yourself up over it. It's normal.

loveaduck

I bet your little girl is going to get that pony after all , and the fairy princess castle, and her very own tea house.......the list goes on

MarcBC

I am glad things are back on track for your daughter.

It does not have to be inside for things to go wrong.

I dropped some staples from a staple gun in my garage this morning. I thought I had picked them all up (they split into individual staples on impact) but apparently not.

I have just self stapled my deck shoe to my foot by treading on the one staple I missed! :shock: :oops:

Anonymous

Will there be any nokon effects?

Aggieboy

NapoleonD wrote:

Will there be any nokon effects?

She has problem's getting dressed. She can't stretch her arm too far, or she ends up in the wrong gear.

DIESELDOG

Aggieboy wrote:

NapoleonD wrote:

Will there be any nokon effects?

She has problem's getting dressed. She can't stretch her arm too far, or she ends up in the wrong gear.

Here, both of you, let me help you put your coats on.

Love n hugs

DD

fleshtuxedo

You should all be ashamed of yourselves

Cressers

Maybe winding some insulating tape around the section of cable you propose to remove may capture any stray strands. I'm not being judgemental, or wise after the event, it's just an idea that has occurred to me.

Best wishes to you and your daughter.

thesquireofbanwell

Very glad to hear all went well & thanks for the update.
Thanks also to all the dedicated and hard working NHS staff who provide such
a great service-no I do not have any connection, just a genuine belief in them!