Dear Hank,
Do you remember the time, the summer right before you turned one, that you somehow got your foot stuck in the small bars of the shopping cart at Kroger?
Remember that the manager was called down and within 30 seconds, there were about 15 Kroger employees were surrounding us?
There was a woman employee who ran to get some baby oil and poured it all over your leg. It was all over the floor and her clothes. By this time you were starting to scream and there were lots more people around to watch the crisis.
The manager told someone to call 911 because your ankle looked like it was starting to swell. I think he said that just as a precaution.
Then someone ran to get a hammer to try to knock the bars apart. It didn't budge them. Mommy was panicking a little. Your sister Kate got upset for a moment but then the pharmacist offered to hold her away from the chaos so we could concentrate on getting you unstuck.
Another employee got some bolt cutters but they didn't even make a mark in the metal bar. More crying and I just tried to hold your head close to me and calm you down.
Finally a customer came by that said he had heavy duty bolt cutters in his truck. The manager and another guy kept working until he came back with them, and two men together were able to cut the bar above your ankle and below it to free you!
You were just fine and stopped crying seconds after I picked you up and held you.
The fire department did show up a minute or two afterwards, and checked your ankle...no problems! Just a frazzled Mommy who was now worried about picking up your biggest sister from piano on time. :)
I'm so glad that you won't remember this! But I will never forget it!
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