A few days ago my friend hurt her foot. Now its all swollen and she can't walk! But her parents refuse to take her to the doctor, saying that she's blowing it all out of proportion. How do we get her parents to take her?
shrink2be answered Monday September 5 2005, 8:22 pm: can you or your parents take her?
if you can, TAKE HER.
it could leave permanent damage to her foot if you don.
-hope it helpd- [ shrink2be's advice column | Ask shrink2be A Question ]
x_mystery answered Sunday September 4 2005, 5:59 pm: That can be very serious - and she needs medical attention. If you are not of driving age yet, see if your parents might take her to the emergency room. Right now, to help use the R.I.C.E. method (R=rest I=ice C=compression E=elevation ie: don't walk on it, put ice on it, along with an Ace Bandage wrap and keep it elevated) If you are in school already, and your friend goes to school, take her to the school nurse first thing in the morning. Good luck! [ x_mystery's advice column | Ask x_mystery A Question ]
x_panda_x answered Sunday September 4 2005, 4:55 pm: Herm...that's weird that her parents won't take her.
Perhaps talk to someone about it? Talk to your parents so they can talk to her parents? You have to do everything you can to try and make them take her.
Is it one of those things where they're saying "Its going to go away on its own?" Because I've had that happen with my aunt when I was staying at her house. It ended up I broke my foot in half.
Alpha345 answered Sunday September 4 2005, 4:40 pm: Her parents are idiots. Ignoring an obvious injury and refusing to take her because they think she is "blowing it all out of proportion". That's crap, you and your friend should get her parents together, sit them down, and show them how bad it is, and they say "Does this look like she are blowing it out of proportion? She can't even walk!" If that isn't going to show them how bad it is, then just find a way to get to a doctor any way you can to get it fixed, because her parents just showed they don't care enough to get it looked at.
Hope this helps and your friends foot gets better.
iiLOVEyoux0o answered Sunday September 4 2005, 4:20 pm: dear asker ♥ well personally i think her parents are being very very stupid about this. i mean this is their child, and they dont want to help her? keep talking to her parents..tell them how she hurt her foot, when, where..tell them that she should be looked at before something worse happens to the injury..maybe soon they'll get the picture that she needs to be looked at. i really hope you get them to take her..sorry if this advice sucks.
jollyrancher1992 answered Sunday September 4 2005, 4:16 pm: well this is a seriuos thing i mean if your friends foot is really hurt bad then she needs to get medical help really soon my advice is that you talk to her parents about how serious her injuries can be then if they wont take her than yo should tell someone you trust and see if they can take her. [ jollyrancher1992's advice column | Ask jollyrancher1992 A Question ]
sunnyville answered Sunday September 4 2005, 4:14 pm: Try insisting to them that she really needs to or have a parent of yours to talk to them that it is very important but that they are not trying to teach them how to be a parent but are only trying to help and how can they convince them.It is probably better for the adults to convince one another I'm sure they will listen to one of your parents. [ sunnyville's advice column | Ask sunnyville A Question ]
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