Sankeerth Koppuravuri
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Date: May 16th 2024, at around 6:30pm pst
That day was meant to be a simple outing to the salon, a routine haircut for my daughter at Great Clips. Little did we know it would turn into a day fraught with pain and worry.
As my daughter sat in the chair, excitement twinkling in her eyes at the prospect of a new hairstyle, the unthinkable happened. The hairdresser, in a moment of carelessness, accidentally nicked her ear. What started as a routine appointment quickly spiraled into a nightmare as blood began to trickle down her cheek. My daughter in pain shouted loudly, cried her heart out, and three year old little girl couldn’t bear the pain and looking all at this as a father I was traumatized, the amount of blood that just flowed on her shirt and the part of ear hanging, we couldn’t see the miserable site, we immediately asked the hairdresser to explain it, and she said my daughter was moving and she couldn’t help it, that answer was so lame! Definitely kids cant sit still like how we do, she should know that she has to deal with kids more carefully! To add to the trauma she did one more mistake of putting two bandages on the baby’s ear.
The moment we took her to the hospital the doctor had a toughest time to remove those bandages that were carelessly just wraped all over her ear, part of the ear which was hanging was almost about to break in the process of removing the bandage, doctor had to put three stiches more because of that, otherwise two stitches were enough! Waiting for so long in the hospital I got a bad headache and my wife had to hold my daughter for continuous 4hrs for which she suffered with a lot of backpain and hand pain for which we had to go to the doctor again!
The moment my wife saw my daughter bleeding and part of ear hanging after removing the bandage she puked out and couldn’t tolerate the site anymore. The shock on my baby’s face mirrored the panic in my heart. As the hours stretched on, our family grappled with a torrent of emotions after the doctor said its a very deep cut and after the stiches the scar is still going to show for life time! Its a permanent damage that my baby had to go through at this age with her ear. Guilt gnawed at us, questioning whether we could have prevented this accident. Anger simmered beneath the surface, directed towards the salon for their negligence. Fear gripped us, as we contemplated the potential consequences of such a seemingly minor injury.
After we were back home, my baby slept without having any food, in the middle of the night she woke up and cried so badly and kept on saying that she never wanted a haircut again, and the whole scene constantly lingered around her in dreams and didn't have a good sleep. Looking at all the pain and suffering our family went through with the negligence of some-other person, we only wished to god that no other child face such a consequence and no other family should encounter such a misery ever again. I couldn’t concentrate on my work even the next day, my daughter kept crying and I had to take a leave, my baby cant go to school for a week doctor advised and my wife was constantly trying to comfort and and explain my baby that she will feel better in few days.
After hearing this news - my parents, grand parents and in-laws literally shuttered with tears and they were having a bad sleep, they are literally giving us a call for every 1-2 hours without having their sleep.
In the days to come, as we navigate the road to recovery, the pain and suffering caused by this unfortunate event will linger. But amidst the darkness, there is a glimmer of hope—a reminder of the strength and resilience that binds us together as a family. The scar is permanent, the memory of this day will forever serve as a reminder to cherish each moment, for life is fragile and precious.
Attached are the pictures of the deep cut, with stitches
Later no response from management on insurance details
We need justice
