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WHY is she driving???!!!
Jul 8, 2008 | 1:47 PM
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Woman, 91, Stuck Under Car for 2 Days Sunday, July 06, 2008

GREENDALE, Wis. —  A 91-year-old woman who had crawled under her car to look for her keys ended up stuck beneath an axle for two days until her mail carrier noticed letters piling up, police said.

 

Betty Borowski, of the Milwaukee suburb of Greendale, was found Tuesday and remained in a hospital in critical intensive care Friday, her niece Nancy DiMarco said. The hospital would not give an update on her condition Saturday.

 

Borowski, who lives alone, became stuck June 29 while looking for her keys; her head apparently got pinned by the axle, Greendale Police Chief Rob Dams said.

 

"She was pretty well wedged in there," Dams said. "It looks like she crawled under headfirst."

 

Borowski's mail carrier noticed Tuesday that the previous day's mail was still in her mailbox, police said. He rang the doorbell and then asked a neighbor whether he had seen Borowski lately. He hadn't, so they called police.

 

Firefighters lifted the car with a jack and removed Borowski, who was dehydrated and confused.

 

It turned out her keys were in the car door.

 

Borowski appears to be recovering, DiMarco said, but may have suffered a minor heart attack while under the vehicle.

 

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jonsmom read my blog view my photos
Jul 8, 2008 | 4:38 PM

Sounds like this woman was quite confused BEFORE she got stuck under the car if she thought her keys fell and they were in the door. I can't believe this woman has family that don't do a daily check on their 91 year old relative. But maybe it's just me. Anyway, I hope to God they find a way to revoke this woman's driver's license. She definitely should not be driving. Ever.
Chip read my blog view my photos
Jul 8, 2008 | 10:20 PM

This is why old farts like me should be re-tested....
fenwaydav read my blog view my photos
Jul 8, 2008 | 10:24 PM

Jonsmom, My 87 year old mother drove till last year, when she gave her almost new payed off Toyota to my Nephews daughter upon entering college. None of us realized that 2 years before she was driving with the need of cataract surgery in both eyes. How she didn't kill or get killed is amazing. She fought like heck not to get the Lifeline she wears around her neck. And now to quote a song "the end is near" she without resistant will enter a assisted living comunity. So with all the daily checks she became like a teenager and only told us what she wanted us to know. Her only wish now is not to have any pain....She won't!
JuneInMA read my blog view my photos
Jul 8, 2008 | 10:43 PM

jonsmom,

She's lucky to be alive! I am so dumbfounded that she was going to drive somewhere!!

On a side note, I don't understand why the fonts on this post turned out like that. That's not the way they looked when I was composing the blog. Weird.
JuneInMA read my blog view my photos
Jul 8, 2008 | 11:14 PM

God bless her, fenway! It is amazing (and a good thing) that she didn't encounter any problems. The good thing is she recognized she should stop and did the right thing.

Chip, I don't know how old you are, but you certainly don't come across as an 'old fart'. I think once you reach a certain age, yearly tests should be required. This is crazy!! No test in the world would show this lady had any business driving. Like jonsmom said, where is her family??! I would have taken that car away a long time ago!!
Chip read my blog view my photos
Jul 9, 2008 | 6:16 AM

June,

I am on the eve of my sixth decade. I am anything but a fossil in real life, yet I understand that I have reached an age where I am going to have to prove my abilities to do things safely.

Sports fan that you are, it's MY belief that the best analogy for this issue is the aging athlete, who is wise enough to retire "at the top of his game", and not play until he's made an ass of himself. The same should go for driving when you pass 60...

Although I agree wholeheartely with jonsmom, I also have to ask myself why I'd ever put my kids in the position where they had to do something to me like that. Wouldn't I be breaking their heart?
fenwaydav read my blog view my photos
Jul 9, 2008 | 8:15 AM

Chip, Almost 70! That's today's 40......You still have your intellect to a certain degree...And aside from an occasional spelling mishap (even I in my young mid-50's make) you do pretty good with your writing. Sometimes you seem a bit incoherent, but I don't think age has anything to do with that.
JuneInMA read my blog view my photos
Jul 9, 2008 | 8:26 AM

Well Chip, you certainly don't come across as someone who needs their car taken away. :)However, from what I know of you on these blogs, I don't think you'd let it get to that point. You are right. People shouldn't put their children in that position, but I have met some pretty stubborn seniors that refuse to concede that certain things are not for them anymore. In those cases, the kids have to do what they have to do for the safety of their loved one and others.

Some folks, even though they are seniors, are still perfectly capable of driving safely and that right shouldn't be taken away just because of their age. That is why I believe yearly testing after a certain age would be a nice compromise.

This lady clearly is not one of these seniors.
Chip read my blog view my photos
Jul 9, 2008 | 9:31 AM

No Dave...for God Sake don't age me!!! almost 60...60 eeek!!!


And what sounds lie incoherence to you is common sense to many!!!

June, Yep. But it is not a major imposition to have to re-test every year, if that test can be, for example administered by the local police department. Maybe testing could be linked to retirement? the theory being if you are ok to work, you are ok to drive? In that instance, I'll have my license until my demise!!!
jonsmom read my blog view my photos
Jul 9, 2008 | 9:34 AM

The biggest point I was trying to make about this woman's family is the fact that she laid under a car for two days and nobody noticed she wasn't in her house. Before my mother went into the nursing home I at least called her every morning and every evening. If I didn't get an answer I went there. Usually it was because she didn't hear the phone or just didn't feel like answering it but it could have been anything. The one day I didn't go there when I didn't get an answer, she had fallen in her kitchen and laid on the floor for two hours with a broken hip. That was when she was about 74 and refused to get Lifeline, she's now 78. That all being said someone must have at least thought about the fact that this woman shouldn't be driving. We need to be proactive with our elderly relatives whether they will get upset or not.
JuneInMA read my blog view my photos
Jul 9, 2008 | 9:49 AM

Dead on, jonsmom!!!
Chip read my blog view my photos
Jul 9, 2008 | 11:12 AM

jonsmom,

You are not only a god mom...you're a good daughter...God bless you!!! You are spot on!!!
fenwaydav read my blog view my photos
Jul 9, 2008 | 12:02 PM

When you said eve of your 6th decade I thought that was the end of them. Sorry young man....
Xantun read my blog view my photos
Jul 16, 2008 | 3:05 AM

This is exactly why I live with my grandmother. She is only 77, but I luck out in the fact that she knows and respects her limitations. (This, however, doesn't mean she LIKES the idea!) I'm sure that if she didn't, it WOULD probably hurt her feelings if I or another family member tried to tell her she couldn't drive at the moment, but I would still tell her anyway. What may hurt feelings in the short term could prevent a LOT of physical pain long term, and the long term is what matters.
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"The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary" - Author Unknown. I'm 27 (28 in July 2008). Happily married to Elijah (aka "My Bunny") and have 3 funny and loving cats (Garfield, Peekaboo & new addition, Pocket). I have a great job, although it's not my 'dream' job as a Loan Analyst, but one has to be grateful to have ANY job nowadays. I have a family that I'd die for and a great core of friends that are priceless. I may not have the life people would die for, but there isn't a single thing in it I would trade. Not one. I love to read, nap and hang out in my mother's kitchen. I believe in being decent, kind and helpful whenever possible and do as much as I can to contribute to the welfare of animals. I love animals. "If He leads you to it, He will bring you through it" - Author Unknown.

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