The older my children get, I find myself...with increasing frequency, starting sentences with a phrase I thought I’d never say: “When I was your age…” Yup, nothing says you’re old like those words, which have been uttered by old people since the Industrial Revolution. Usually, “when I was your age” serves as a cop-out for my cheapness. I say things like, “When I was your age, I only had two shoes” (commonly known as one pair), or “When I was your age, we only had four channels, and one of them was in French. ” But there is one statement that I wish to shout from a roof top. It is: “When I was your age, the toys were better.” If you look at some of the top toys on this years Christmas wish lists, you see cheap plastic crap that I am loathe to buy for Lochlan. I miss the toys of my childhood, all of which I wish my parents still had. Yes, with five children, had they kept our toys, they would now have a moderate-sized toy collection, a Narnia closet leading to Fisher Price Land, that wo
Oh Janet, this makes me so sad and so cross. How could this be allowed to happen. Will someone be held to account for this? I am so sorry you had to go through this.
ReplyDeleteI'm so sorry this happened. I'm glad you were able to get some answers, but I cannot agree with you more.... Heartbreaking.
ReplyDeleteThis just dumbfounds me. Has anyone been reprimanded for this? The person who packed the box? I'm also shocked that such delicate cargo would be handled like a regular FedEx package. Does this sound insane to anyone else???
ReplyDeleteYes. It really does.
DeleteSounds nuts to me! They take more care with the drugs that we receive, or frozen steaks for that matter. You would think that there would at least be a styrofoam pack around everything to keep it from shaking around.
DeleteJanet I am so sorry. I am glad you have some answers though even though nobody will likely take responsibility. I am sure both clinics will now think twice about sending their embryos by anyway other than themselves or the patients. Ugh, so ridiculous, and nobody to pay for it but you and adam :(.
ReplyDeleteHave you thought about where you will go from here? Or is it still too soon? I cannot believe it has been a month either, it feels like days.
So disappointing. I can't imagine how you feel that this happened.
ReplyDeleteI'm so sorry that this happened.
ReplyDeleteThis is so unfair and frustrating!! Thinking of you!!
ReplyDeleteIt must have been heartbreaking to hear what happened... such precious cargo. Thinking of you xoxo
ReplyDeleteOh god this is so frustrating. Fedex shouldn't be allowed to handle this type of precious cargo. There should be better options.
ReplyDeleteI am so sorry to hear this and hope that someone is held accountable.
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