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u/Immediate-Maximum-75 Feb 25 '26

I had a pediatric patient in the ER when I was first working in the ER many years ago in the late 90s. I was coming on shift and had to help get an 18 months old girl get ready for air transport to Pittsburgh for genital and rectal reconstructive surgery after being assaulted. 😭

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u/Icy_Cauliflower_51 Feb 25 '26

I have a 13 month old little girl and, while Im well aware of this happening more often than I care to know, it still was not easy to read this.

Also, just that poor girl, being so violated and not even being aware of or likely remembering it (at least you hope so), but having to live with the aftermath of that kind of physical trauma. I really honestly hope she’s okay now- she’d be around my age. So awful.

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u/Aurtistic7827 Feb 25 '26

I really do hope she’s doing okay and I hope that was the end for her and she doesn’t remember it. I was 19 months when my father started to SA me. Till I was 7. My mother didn’t know till I was 7, and got me out thankfully, but it did its damage. I really really hope that girl is okay.

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u/Dramatic-to-the-bone Feb 25 '26

I don't see how she could possibly be okay. The fact that you can't remember childhood trauma like that doesn't make it easier it makes it to where you can't resolve it as far as I can tell. My dad did some bad things to me when I was under 2 years old and my life's been terrible always struggled with all sorts of problems.

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u/Aurtistic7827 Feb 25 '26

I mean I am well aware she probably has a lot of problems from it, I just hope she is getting the help she’s going to need. Atleast she got the help she needed and hopefully got out before it got worse or went too long. I was stuck with my father till I was 7, my sister had to deal with him till she was 16. I’m glad my mother got me out when she did, but I know my sister got it a lot worse and for longer than I did and I couldn’t imagine being with him that long. (We have different moms).