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Originally posted by honeychile
In this sue-happy society, this is a lose-lose situation.
What I don't understand is:
1) If this girl & her mother knew that they were going to be out for any length of time, why didn't she wear a type of Depends? If I knew that there was a possibility of incontinence, I'd certainly wear them! Yes, it's hard for a teenager to be different, but she knows that she has Crohn's - the stores don't know whether to believe her or not.
2) Why in the world would her mother buy her clothing at Old Navy (assuming that there are other stores nearby)?
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Okay, as a person with Crohn's I'm gonna get pissy here and defend this girl til I'm blue in the face. You have NO IDEA what it is like to have this disease and a comment like that just infuriates me. Saying to wear Depends is like telling a person with severe clinical depression to smile. The types of bowel movements associated with Crohn's (especially severely acute Crohn's) really make Depends useless. As for her shopping at Old Navy, we try to live as normal lives as possible, and normally getting to use a private restroom isn't a problem. You show the card, they let you go. What that manager did is simply wrong and he should pay for what he did to that poor girl. I want to strangle him for his actions (or lack thereof). If only every person could have Crohn's for a single day... y'all would see just how hard it can be to live with something so awful. But, that's just how I see it.
ETA: Just thought I'd throw in my own little stories here... first one is how I found out Depends are useless- midnight in december, depends, ambulance ride from the urgent care center to the ER, hot EMT, bowel movement so painful I couldn't hold it. Yeah, that was mortifying. Second one- I almost had an accident the day I was being fitted for the first time into my wedding gown. That would have really sucked. I have never run that fast in heels in my life.