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Running on a treadmill One afternoon last spring, my daughter and her children came for a visit. I was enjoying the afternoon with my grandchildren Dalton and Cheyenne. My daughter Christy decided she was going to walk on the treadmill. The children were playing with their toys. Cheyenne took her toys in the room with her mom to play. While she was playing one of the toys went under the treadmill and she went after it. She got her hand caught under the belt of the treadmill. The belt burned her hand and fingers. She had treatment on them until they healed. Cheyenne then had to have surgery on her fingers to straighten them. After surgery, she had to have physical therapy on her fingers. I am thankful she is alright now. She can use her fingers fine. The safety lesson I learned that day was to never let a child in the same room while using the treadmill. This was an accident that taught me a valuable lesson at the expense of my granddaughter’s suffering. Teresa Crouse |
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