Re: Damned Bouncy Castles!!

Firstly thank you all so much for your concern. Kelsie had her operation late this afternoon. It was a clean break just above the elbow joint. The main worry was the damage to the vein which stopped the blood flow for quite a while. She is now plastered from elbow to wrist but with the severe swelling above the elbow they could only wire that bit and in a couple of weeks a full plaster will be applied. Mum is staying with her tonight of course.

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If anybody cares to look, Kelsie is now my profile photo for a day or two.

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Sadly it is that attitude of banning everything that has lead to playgrounds for kids being very tame affairs indeed.

Fortunately for all of us in spite of an appalling road toll instead of banning cars the effort has been put into making them safer.

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The biggest problem with bouncy castles and the like, they are generally unsupervised so kids of all ages, sizes, and even adults climb on and go crazy therefore smaller children can get thrown in the air and come of onto hard ground. Seen it so many times. Always a disaster waiting to happen.

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A mate of mine fell off a Tarzan Rope, he was about 14 years old at the time, he broke both wrists. I can only imagine his embarrassment at that age, when his Mother had to manage all his bodily functions on his behalf.

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Oh gosh. I hope Kelsie is feeling better soon.
I checked out her picture, she's a wee sweetie.

I agree - lack of supervision is the cause of many accidents on such equipment.

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Spot on - seen it many times too - hope Kelsie recovers well

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Hope your wee girl gets better soon!

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Just saw this thread . Poor Kelsie , it sounds awfully painful .

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Many thanks again for your sympathetic comments. She has a plaster cast from wrist to elbow although the break is above the elbow the swelling is so great that it's not possible to plaster to the shoulder for about two weeks. She has titanium rods holding the broken bone..Humerus I think..together and they will be removed after the bone has set.