Would you post pics of your minor child injured at the ER ?

[turkeymama]

And I though my one friend was bad posting pics of her son when he came down with the swine flu - she seems to be an amateur compared to some of your friends

Well I'm one of those people who has facebook but I don't even post my face on it, right now is a pic of my winter boots, if I had kids I would not be posting pics of them on there either. I'm too freaked out!!

Hmm, are we FB friends?

I did post a pic of DS when he had the swine flu, but there was a reason. He was medicated and semi-relaxed at the time. He was sitting in a bean-bag chair and he was so deep in it that you could only see his feet sticking out. DD went running through the room and tripped over his feet because she didn't see him. I posted the pic of him sitting there so my out-of-town relatives could (a) see how my daughter missed him and (b) because I never thought anyone could sink down into a bean-bag like that.

 

[freepixie]

Hmm, are we FB friends?

I did post a pic of DS when he had the swine flu, but there was a reason. He was medicated and semi-relaxed at the time. He was sitting in a bean-bag chair and he was so deep in it that you could only see his feet sticking out. DD went running through the room and tripped over his feet because she didn't see him. I posted the pic of him sitting there so my out-of-town relatives could (a) see how my daughter missed him and (b) because I never thought anyone could sink down into a bean-bag like that.

Nah my friend went all paparazzi on her little guy and he looked so sad and pitiful laying on the couch. She took new pics each day to see "how he was progressing" and I just thought it was too much. I know when I'm sick the LAST thing I'd want is my mom in my face snapping pics. I didn't even want my pics taken on our WDW trip in 2000 when I came down with strep!

 

[Becky2005]

And taking pics in the recovery room after surgery. Maybe it's time that hospitals make some rules about picture taking

This I disagree with. If the child is fine with it then I don't see a problem. My DD had surgery for scoliosis & I'm SO grateful for the kids that wanted their progress documented...it goes from day 1 to up & walking again to resuming activities. It's not usually posted on FB sites but sites specific for scoliosis & those that are having surgery. All the kids that have put their journey on there, *wanted* to help the other kids that are in the before surgery phase to see what the process is, etc... They have added their commentaries to it, etc... They were helped seeing it and I know it also helped my DD beforehand.

To me it would be no different than those that take pictures of childbirth.

 

[Wall-E1]

We had to take DD3 to the ER while at WDW this past July. It never occurred to me to take photos of her - I was too worried about her to think about that. Later, after she had been admitted to the hospital, I posted on FB to let everyone know how she was doing - still never crossed my mind to post pictures. So, yeah, I do think it is a little strange.

I second this opinion, although I don't think it's a little strange. I think it's freakin' crazy to take pictures of your child, while in the midst of being treated, and then posting them online. Who even thinks of that while the situation is going on? Photography should be the furthest thing from your mind.

 

[krcit]

This I disagree with. If the child is fine with it then I don't see a problem. My DD had surgery for scoliosis & I'm SO grateful for the kids that wanted their progress documented...it goes from day 1 to up & walking again to resuming activities. It's not usually posted on FB sites but sites specific for scoliosis & those that are having surgery. All the kids that have put their journey on there, *wanted* to help the other kids that are in the before surgery phase to see what the process is, etc... They have added their commentaries to it, etc... They were helped seeing it and I know it also helped my DD beforehand.

To me it would be no different than those that take pictures of childbirth.

That makes sense. I wasn't really thinking about stuff like that. I was thinking more like when I had my gallbladder out and was in a big, group recovery room throwing up Would've hated being caught on tape like that Now that I think about it, one of my favorite pics of my dd is after she had her tonsils out. We gave her a little board to write on so she didn't have to talk and in the pic she is holding it while it says " My throwt horts"

 

[RadioNate]

Ha. I did! It was an iPhone photo and DD was asleep on my shoulder waiting for the Doctor to come stitch her finger up. I took a photo of her asleep, me covered in blood looking all nasty sitting in the chair. She was ASLEEP! I was bored. I posted it to FB with the caption "we are not having a good day."

whatever. I'm sure my dd didn't mind and it certainly didn't take away from me comforting her.

 

[DebbieB]

I think the whole facebook thing can get out of hand. I'm careful on who I accept as friends, I just have a small group. Last week I accepted my aunt's best friend. I love her friend like a family member, so no problem with that. The last couple of days I have gotten a ton of friend requests from her friends! Some of them I have only met briefly, some I have never met. I only know they are her friends because it says 1 mutual friend and when I click on it it has her name. I don't know if they just want to run up their friend totals or what. I don't want to seem like a snob but I really don't want to open up my personal information to all these people. Plus all their updates will be on my page, I really don't want to see them. So the point is, keep in mind who you have friended when you post information or photos. If it's something personal about your child, think about how they would feel if they knew all these people were seeing it.

 

[dislal]

What I don't understand is taking time away from comforting the child to take those pics in the first place. (This is in response to the first poster, not phorsenuf - that's different.)

I had my DD12 in the ER this past summer, she got 12 stitches in her knee and I was too busy trying to comfort her and upset myself, to even think about taking pictures or using my cell phone.

 

[disney1990]

A friend of mine, her daughter fell while carrying knitting needles. The need when through her jeans and into her leg about 4 inches. Everybody in the ER had to come into the room to see the injury and "they" took pictures.

My friend has a copy of the ER pictures.

 

[locolala]

I admit, I might take pictures depending on age. I know when I got stitches when I was about 5, my parents weren't allowed to touch me while I was getting gewn up. They had nurses restraining me and the doc stitched. They were worried my mom wouldn't be able to adequately restrain me. Now, I've seen parents taking pictures of kids with injuries and I've even seen a corpsman ask a parent if he could take a picture of this adorable little girl with her stitches. Dad was ok with it and the picture was taken. They put it up on a board in the Peds ER so that all the other little kids could see that everyone ends up ok.

 

[CF'er]

Yes I did. DD13 passed out at band camp and hit his chin. I was called to come get him and take him to the ER. While he was laying there waiting for the Dr. I took pics. He asked me to. He wasn't crying or being neglected. I held his hand while getting stitches, his dad and I went while they did his CAT scan and then I took pics of the "after". He is 13 though. And it was a chin. No I wouldn't take "personal pics" at anytime and put them anywhere. And I have had my DD in the ER when she was younger and yes at the time all I could focus on was her.

 

[my3sonsagn]

Guess I'm one of the guilty ones...lol

When my DS3 hurt his finger and had to get it stitched a couple of months ago I snapped a pic with my cell and uploaded it to fb; I had mobile posted asking for prayers, and some of my friends asked me what happened. The injury was one of those you-have-to-see-it-to-understand kind of things. I did wait until they had cleaned it and were just waiting for it to completely numb before stitching, so the blood was gone, and DS3 had stopped crying and was just chattering when I did it. I also have my profile set so that my pics are only visible to my very closest friends and family, so I wasn't springing the pics on people I haven't seen since high school lol

 

[Art 1]

No.

 

[marlynnp]

I personally wouldn't but I'd rather see that than a kids first poopy in the potty, lol!