i would'nt mention the name of the mall establishment and the
clothing store na lang din siguro. Anyway, it was a sunday and i came
from my parties that day. It was a busy day so to reward myself, i
wanted to go a little shopping after attending church service. Since i
always tag my kid along, she also wanted to go shopping with me. So we
went inside a clothing store and i was looking into the items on sale
(of course, dapat sa laging naka-sale. mas madali i-justify sa husband
yun e. hehe). I was literally three steps from Simone and i can see
her thru my peripheral vision. As i bent down to get an item on the
rack, admittedly, i had like a 5-second timeframe that she escaped from
my sight and when i heard the saleslady in a loud voice, "ay baby, wag
ka sumampa dyan!" i looked at simone to find out that she used one of
the clothing racks as a hangbar. the display rack kasi is like an
inverted T-shaped clothing rack eh ang catch, it had no clothes hanging
in it. so as in bar lang sya. then it was so fast, the whole thing
just fell off. as in the whole T-shaped rack. it's made of wood and
steel. when it fell straight to the floor ng patayo, syempre babagsak
na yun and that's when i shouted. Sa lakas ng sigaw ko, Simone had the
survivor instinct to move away from the falling display rack but she was
still hit on the forehead. Grabe, it was traumatic and i felt so
helpless seeing her being hit by wood where in fact i was just several
steps away. Pag
kuha ko agad sa kanya, super iyak sya. her forehead got swollen
immediately but she's a strong kid. After a while, she calmed already
and i asked her kung san pa masakit. she pointed her forehead, and foot
tapos pag kita ko may sugat din pala and she has scratches sa cheek nya
:( Ang mas traumatic was when a couple of mall security officers went
to the store and asked us to go to the clinic so simone can be checked
for head injury. SOP daw sa kanila. mas dito pa umiyak anak ko e,
seeing the big buys in uniform. parang feeling nya something is wrong
with her. at that time, sabi ko nung una wag na lang pa-check pero my
husband and i realized pag hindi namin napa-check and something went
wrong, they won't take responsibility in it kasi we didnt follow the
proper procedures. So we went anyway and then the doctor said that we
observe our kid for seizures, headache, blurring vision or vomitting in
the next 24 hours.
For me, it was one of the hardest moments. my gosh, i can never forgive
myself if something happens to my kid so literally that night, i was
waking up almost every hour checking her temperature, if she's still
breathing, or something. Thank God, that Monday when she went to the
school, she even got 4 stars pa and nothing unusual naman so everything
was ok. I got depressed for a couple of days after that incident
though. Feeling ko failure as a mom that i was just nearby but i was'nt
able to protect her. Buti na lang my husband comforted me na accidents
really happen (kahit ayaw kong tanggapin na while with me, dun pa sya
na-aksidente) and that i'm the best mom Simone can ever ask for. (hehe)
pero pag naaalala ko pa rin yun, i really feel bad about myself. :(
I
drafted my letter to the store and the mall establishment. We wont be
filing complaint to get even. We just want them to know that
they have to strengthen their tenants' rules and regulations when it
comes to furnishings and fixtures on every tenant of their mall. kasi
admittedly, kahit maglambitin anak ko dun the whole day, the T-shaped
thing should'nt fall. dapat kaya nya yun weight. for some of you who've
seen my kid, she's medium-built, di sya mataba as in pero di rin ganun
ka-skinny. and yun lang i wanted to share rin lang siguro to finally let
this out of my system and tell the other moms out there to be always
alert and not just a step ahead, but ten steps ahead of our kids. and
realize also na kahit sa mga kid-friendly places, these things can
really happen. grabe, my kid is not even the hyper type and i've always
felt that she's old enough to roam around as long as i can see her and
she's just an arm-length away...hindi pa din pala.
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