Darn tootin'!
And, last, but FAR from least...
Posted on 06/09/2009 4:55:26 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A 90-year-old woman spent three days trapped in her bathtub after becoming too weak to pull herself out, the San Jose Mercury News reported Thursday. Shirley Madsen, of Walnut Creek, Calif., survived her ordeal by drinking water from a rubber duck with a hole in the bottom.
When Madsen got into the tub on May 27, she forgot to put her phone within reach and could not call for help when she got trapped.
Madsen survived for three days stuck in the bathtub by continually replacing the cooling bath water with fresh water from the tap to stay warm. She also used one of her collection of rubber ducks as a drinking cup to keep hydrated during her confinement. "I have never been so terrified in my life," Madsen later told the Mercury News. After three days with no word from their mother, Madsen's two daughters grew concerned. Daughter Diane Weber went to Madsen's home where she found her mother trapped in the bathroom and summoned an ambulance.
Following a three-day hospital stay, Madsen was sent home to recover from minor injuries. She worked out a routine to check in with relatives and is getting a waterproof medical alert device. But Madsen also advocates an easy safety plan: "Get a bunch of rubber duckies and make sure one of them can't swim," she joked.
Our neighbor slipped and fell into the empty tub and landed on her face. Bruises all over. She finally was able to get up on her own and call for help, but now has a thing she wears around her neck that she can activate for help if she needs it.
There are plenty of options for washing besides the usual tub.
Sheesh, it was a good thing there was no water in there. She would have drowned for sure.
You’re suppose to say
“Who’s there?”
And then I say
“Hooquack”
And then you say:
:-)
Darn tootin'!
And, last, but FAR from least...
Sorry. I’ll make a note for next time.
U ducked the joke!!! LoL
I bought my Mom (age 62) a walk-in shower. At least she doesn’t have to worry about drowning if she falls.
If I live to see 90, I might be able to give an informed answer to that question.
I bet she was really pink and wrinkled.
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