[nfbwatlk] setback

Mon Apr 14 23:05:23 CDT 2008

At least he'll be in a higher cast.

Mike

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Jim
  To: NFB of Washington Talk Mailing List
  Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 8:08 PM
  Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] setback

  I always said Kevin was a big wrist taker.  Or wait...is that a wrist 
breaker...or a risk taker?  I guess it wouldn't be too HANDY to have 
this type of surgery, eh?  Then again, you'd be armed with a sling. 
And, as far as living with a broken wrist, you'll finger something out.

  J

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: "Lauren Merryfield" <lauren1 at catliness.com>
  To: "NFB of Washington Talk Mailing List" <nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org>
  Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 7:15 PM
  Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] setback

  > Hi,
  > I'm sorry you broke your wrist.  Ouch!  I hope it mends quickly 
after the
  > surgery.Guess they should have put you on the DL, like they do in 
baseball.
  > Hahaha.
  > Thanks
  > Lauren
  > ----- Original Message ----- 
  > From: "Kevin LaRose" <kevin at kevinlarose.net>
  > To: <wcb-l at wcbinfo.org>
  > Cc: "NFB of Washington Talk Mailing List" <nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org>
  > Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 1:35 PM
  > Subject: [nfbwatlk] setback
  >
  >
  >> Up until last week, I was continuing to make great progress at the 
OTC. We
  >> were just about to start doing mobility routes in the business 
district of
  >> Columbia City, and cooking was going to get interesting. Last 
Wednesday,
  >> however, I suffered a setback. I collided with a fellow student in 
the
  >> hallway, and I fell and broke my wrist. I am having surgery to get 
it
  >> repaired on Wednesday at Swedish Hospital. I was disappointed, to 
say the
  >> least, in how this incident was handled by the OTC staff. I felt 
like I
  >> was
  >> capable of taking care of myself. I was able to shower, dress 
myself, and
  >> even took out my garbage on one occasion. However, the OTC director 
was
  >> convinced that I was not able to take care of myself and would be a
  >> potential liability. We had a very discouraging talk Friday 
afternoon.
  >> Actually, it wasn't much of a two-way conversation. The bottom line 
of the
  >> "discussion" was that I was told to leave the apartments and go 
back to my
  >> mom's until my surgery. T ome, this felt like custodial treatment 
of the
  >> worst sort. As I indicated earlier, I had already determined that 
there
  >> were
  >> things I could do using my one good hand; and I could probably have
  >> figured
  >> out strategies to make other tasks work as well, but they were not 
willing
  >> to even give me a chance. I have been laboring under the impression 
that
  >> one
  >> of the major goals of this program was to foster independence. 
Their
  >> reaction to my accident makes me wonder if that commitment is fully 
there
  >> on
  >> their part. If this is coming across rather harshly, it's because I 
cannot
  >> remember being angrier about anything for a long time. Right now I 
am
  >> finding it hard to not question OTC's commitment to me and my 
success.
  >> They
  >> certainly did not seem to show much confidence in me or my 
abilities in
  >> this
  >> instance.
  >>
  >> Thanks for reading, I just had to vent.
  >>
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At least he'll be in a higher cast.

Mike

----- Original Message -----
From:
mailto:jp100 at earthlink.net Jim
To:
mailto:nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org NFB of Washington Talk Mailing List
Sent:
Monday, April 14, 2008 8:08 PM
Subject:
Re: [nfbwatlk] setback
I always said Kevin was a big wrist taker.  Or wait...is that a wrist breaker...or a risk taker?  I guess it wouldn't be too HANDY to have this type of surgery, eh?  Then again, you'd be armed with a sling.  And, as far as living with a broken wrist, you'll finger something out.
J
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lauren Merryfield" < mailto:lauren1 at catliness.com lauren1 at catliness.com
>
To: "NFB of Washington Talk Mailing List" < mailto:nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org
>
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 7:15 PM
Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] setback
> Hi,
> I'm sorry you broke your wrist.  Ouch!  I hope it mends quickly after the
> surgery.Guess they should have put you on the DL, like they do in baseball.
> Hahaha.
> Thanks
> Lauren
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kevin LaRose" < mailto:kevin at kevinlarose.net kevin at kevinlarose.net
>
> To: < mailto:wcb-l at wcbinfo.org wcb-l at wcbinfo.org
>
> Cc: "NFB of Washington Talk Mailing List" < mailto:nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org
>
> Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 1:35 PM
> Subject: [nfbwatlk] setback
>
>
>> Up until last week, I was continuing to make great progress at the OTC. We
>> were just about to start doing mobility routes in the business district of
>> Columbia City, and cooking was going to get interesting. Last Wednesday,
>> however, I suffered a setback. I collided with a fellow student in the
>> hallway, and I fell and broke my wrist. I am having surgery to get it
>> repaired on Wednesday at Swedish Hospital. I was disappointed, to say the
>> least, in how this incident was handled by the OTC staff. I felt like I
>> was
>> capable of taking care of myself. I was able to shower, dress myself, and
>> even took out my garbage on one occasion. However, the OTC director was
>> convinced that I was not able to take care of myself and would be a
>> potential liability. We had a very discouraging talk Friday afternoon.
>> Actually, it wasn't much of a two-way conversation. The bottom line of the
>> "discussion" was that I was told to leave the apartments and go back to my
>> mom's until my surgery. T ome, this felt like custodial treatment of the
>> worst sort. As I indicated earlier, I had already determined that there
>> were
>> things I could do using my one good hand; and I could probably have
>> figured
>> out strategies to make other tasks work as well, but they were not willing
>> to even give me a chance. I have been laboring under the impression that
>> one
>> of the major goals of this program was to foster independence. Their
>> reaction to my accident makes me wonder if that commitment is fully there
>> on
>> their part. If this is coming across rather harshly, it's because I cannot
>> remember being angrier about anything for a long time. Right now I am
>> finding it hard to not question OTC's commitment to me and my success.
>> They
>> certainly did not seem to show much confidence in me or my abilities in
>> this
>> instance.
>>
>> Thanks for reading, I just had to vent.
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> nfbwatlk mailing list
>> mailto:nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org
>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfbwatlk http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfbwatlk
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> No virus found in this incoming message.
>> Checked by AVG.
>> Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.22.13/1377 - Release Date:
>> 4/14/2008 9:26 AM
>>
>>
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