Adrienne
Well-Known Member
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Parent
"The mother who objected was out of order in causing embarassment to Graham, but was right in teaching their own child to regard all used needles with suspicion" (post #52) - I think this shows that I did acknowledge she was out of order in her words / manner - but health professionals, those who handle waste materials, those who clear vegetation in parks and rough ground etc are right to be aware of risks from needlestick injuries - they are offered Hepatitis B vaccine for a reason, but there is no vaccine against Hepatitis C or HIV.
Hiya Copepod
I think there is a time and a place to teach your children about 'dirty' needles and that was so definitely not the time nor place, infront of a young child who clearly had diabetes and who had to have an injection clearly not from a dirty needle. This was the absolutely epitomy of behaviour by a professional in the medical world. This health professional was neither clearly vegetation in a park or rough ground but sitting at a children's birthday party. Big difference.
I'm not a violent person but I imagine the torrent of words that would have come from my mouth if I had been Graham's mum could well be likened with a violent attach !!!!!!!!!! Actually that is wrong, I would have showed her up with my superior knowledge to hers in a very eloquent fashion ha ha ha.......... she would have been very red faced I'm sure.