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<blockquote data-quote="aeroeng" data-source="post: 260137" data-attributes="member: 6557"><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">How do I deal with it? Poorly. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">My oldest constantly complained about this or that, whaling loudly and with great dramatics like the world was ending. I felt ignoring it and walking away the best approach. Then one day:</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">He had a rough fall on the snowboard, lay in the snow and whaled that it hurt (like always). I said, "Let's go in the lodge and rest."</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">"No! it hurts!"</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">"OK if you won't get up, I will go get the ski patrol."</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">"No! I don't want the ski patrol!"</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">"Then GET UP AND GET MOVING!"</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">He gets up complains, whines, whales and slowly walks to the lodge. Then I notice he was kind of pale and continues to complain (usually it stops with in 10 min.). So I do call for a ski patrol, who calls an ambulance. I made this kid walk to the lodge with a level 3 ruptured spleen!</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">Now every time he complains I feel terribly guilty. I have taken to learning more about first aid, and now poke "does it hurt here?", look for swelling, make him lay still for a while. He usually stops after 10 min. I am hoping that I recognize real problems better, and drive him crazy for the fake. But in reality I have no idea what to really do.</span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="aeroeng, post: 260137, member: 6557"] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]How do I deal with it? Poorly. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]My oldest constantly complained about this or that, whaling loudly and with great dramatics like the world was ending. I felt ignoring it and walking away the best approach. Then one day:[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]He had a rough fall on the snowboard, lay in the snow and whaled that it hurt (like always). I said, "Let's go in the lodge and rest."[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]"No! it hurts!"[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]"OK if you won't get up, I will go get the ski patrol."[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]"No! I don't want the ski patrol!"[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]"Then GET UP AND GET MOVING!"[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]He gets up complains, whines, whales and slowly walks to the lodge. Then I notice he was kind of pale and continues to complain (usually it stops with in 10 min.). So I do call for a ski patrol, who calls an ambulance. I made this kid walk to the lodge with a level 3 ruptured spleen![/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]Now every time he complains I feel terribly guilty. I have taken to learning more about first aid, and now poke "does it hurt here?", look for swelling, make him lay still for a while. He usually stops after 10 min. I am hoping that I recognize real problems better, and drive him crazy for the fake. But in reality I have no idea what to really do.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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