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Mother Accidentally Stabbed By Toddler
WESH 2 Orlando ^ | January 18, 2010

Posted on 01/18/2010 7:58:58 AM PST by greatdefender

ORLANDO, Fla. -- An Orlando mother was recovering on Monday after being accidentally stabbed by her 21-month-old child.

The incident happened at the woman's home near Hoffner Avenue and Conway Road.

Deputies with the Orange County Sheriff's Office said the toddler was removing items from a dishwasher and accidentally stabbed the mother.

The woman was rushed to Orlando Regional Medical Center and should be OK.


TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Society; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: kid; mother; sabbed

1 posted on 01/18/2010 7:58:59 AM PST by greatdefender
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To: greatdefender

Just a hunch, but it might pay to see if there are others who might have been around at the time, just in case the story is complete bullsh(t, which it obviously is.


2 posted on 01/18/2010 8:00:27 AM PST by the invisib1e hand (screw 'em.)
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To: greatdefender

If Mom hasn’t taught tiny tot how to properly handle knives, then she should be more careful when the ankle biter is within reach of sharp utensils.


3 posted on 01/18/2010 8:05:26 AM PST by NautiNurse (Obama: A day without TOTUS is like a day without sunshine)
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To: the invisib1e hand

I would agree. My grandson (17 months) loves to try and help unload the dishwasher. Of course you have to be careful and watch that he doesn’t grab a sharp knife, which he has. I just tell him “danger” and he drops it. But even if he did not, he would not have the strength to ‘stab me’. I might get hurt a bit if he did, but rushed to the hospital, humm that just seems strange.


4 posted on 01/18/2010 8:05:59 AM PST by svcw (The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves. GW)
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To: greatdefender

Why on earth was a toddler allowed to remove sharp items from the dishwasher in the first place? That’s just asking for trouble!


5 posted on 01/18/2010 8:07:02 AM PST by slugbug (I love my country. I fear my government.)
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To: greatdefender

This sounds like a intro to a horror movie. Did he strangle his twin in the womb?


6 posted on 01/18/2010 8:12:30 AM PST by KarlInOhio (Gore is the fifth horseman of the apocalypse. He rides an icy horse bringing cold wherever he goes.)
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To: NautiNurse

So the kid sucks with knives, but the baby can shoot.


7 posted on 01/18/2010 8:13:31 AM PST by VicVega (2010 Let only Real Conservatives win. Say good night John McCain.)
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To: the invisib1e hand

That was sort of my first inclination, too.

Otherwise, that is a strong kid to be able to inflict that kind of wound.


8 posted on 01/18/2010 8:17:30 AM PST by TomGuy
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9 posted on 01/18/2010 8:17:55 AM PST by Carpe Cerevisi
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To: greatdefender

crazy things with kids do happen


10 posted on 01/18/2010 8:18:51 AM PST by wardaddy (light skinned articulate white man with only one part of the anatomy one call negro in appearance)
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11 posted on 01/18/2010 8:19:14 AM PST by cripplecreek (Seniors, the new shovel ready project under socialized medicine.)
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To: slugbug

I learned to handle knives earlier than I can remember. I think I only ever cut myself badly once when I was in about the 3rd grade and I was carving a pumpkin. It wasn’t a particularly sharp knife so I was forcing it and holding the pumpkin.

In this case it could have easily been an idiot parent not paying attention but we coddle children far too much these days.

In 1909 my great grandmother was 9 years old and taking care of 5 sisters and a northern Michigan farm while her parents took the baby to the hospital in Ann Arbor for weeks at a time.


12 posted on 01/18/2010 8:27:09 AM PST by cripplecreek (Seniors, the new shovel ready project under socialized medicine.)
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To: cripplecreek

Eggsackley ... Stuie finally got Lois.


13 posted on 01/18/2010 8:28:55 AM PST by MHGinTN (Obots, believing they cannot be deceived, it is impossible to convince them when they are deceived.)
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To: MHGinTN

Victory is mine!


14 posted on 01/18/2010 8:30:22 AM PST by cripplecreek (Seniors, the new shovel ready project under socialized medicine.)
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To: TomGuy
that is a strong kid to be able to inflict that kind of wound.

What kind of wound? The article doesn't say. A child approaching two could easily pick up a sharp knife (from dishwasher or floor) and inflict a cut to an adult's leg without much effort. I never put the cooking knives in the dishwasher, only the table knives.

15 posted on 01/18/2010 8:32:48 AM PST by Tax-chick (May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.)
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I don’t know if the story is true or not, but I can see this happening with my kid, lo, those many years ago. Mom is trying to unload the dishwasher, trying to keep the toddler in the same room so he doesn’t run off and do some damage elsewhere, he tries to help, I say, “No no, honey, don’t touch the—Ooooof!” This is exactly what would have happened. We had similar accidents, though I’m thankful nothing involving knives.


16 posted on 01/18/2010 8:50:56 AM PST by ottbmare (I could agree wth you, but then we'd both be wrong.)
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To: cripplecreek

Poor Lois.


17 posted on 01/18/2010 8:53:08 AM PST by gathersnomoss (General George Patton had it right.)
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To: ottbmare

I get hit in the legs with wooden swords and plastic light sabers all the time ;-).

This story seems reasonable enough to me, especially if (its being Florida) the mother was wearing shorts.


18 posted on 01/18/2010 8:57:11 AM PST by Tax-chick (May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.)
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To: slugbug
Why on earth was a toddler allowed to remove sharp items from the dishwasher in the first place?

Maybe not "allowed"; turn to put something away and the little buggers move unbelievably fast (ask Grandpa Red!).

19 posted on 01/18/2010 9:57:30 AM PST by JimRed ("Hey, hey, Teddy K., hot enough down there today?" TERM LIMITS, NOW AND FOREVER!)
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