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I know the author explicitly stated they weren’t going to share any additional details outside of this piece, but I’m curious as to how their child was injured.

I know the author explicitly stated they weren’t going to share any additional details outside of this piece, but I’m curious as to how their child was injured. Like most parents, I fear for the safety of my child and want to protect them from the world. Hearing about a child injured so severely is terrifying and devastating. I have this irrational belief that if I could somehow understand and categorize all possible dangers then I might have a hope of keeping my daughter safe.

phalangion 3y ago
It was a cardiac arrest during surgery. Likely nothing preventable or predictable. Just tragic
- larsiusprime 3y ago
  Exactly this. A routine surgery to deal with a treatable congenital condition. One in a million events happen to somebody.
stef25 3y ago
That quickly becomes helicopter parenting. I've got two young kids myself and totally understand your struggle.