On Saturday, I put Samantha on an airplane for New York. On Tuesday, she had an MRI to determine the extent of her damage, and on Wednesday, she had surgery to repair her meniscus and anterior cruciate ligament (ACL).
I offered to fly up to New York, but was told (politely), I would just be “in the way”.
Why is it that many of us must learn from our own experiences?
If she had only worn her knee brace on her repaired leg, she would not have “favored” the “good” leg---the one that just had the extensive surgery.
As a parent, you always want to save your child from pain. And it is always so frustrating (and expensive), when they insist on learning those lessons the hard way.
In Samantha’s case, we are talking about two knee surgeries that probably needn’t have happened.
Looking Forward. . .
Joyce Gioia-Herman
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