Struggling not to rescue

Poor Pudge.
She turned 5 yesterday and got the LeapsterGS that she wanted. Unfortunately in her quest to keep it squeaky clean, she learned that water and soap are not good for things that take batteries. So now we have a dead LeapsterGS.
It would be easy to buy her a replacement one. Easier on the heart too. But I think learning at 5 that items don't magically get replaced is a better lesson to learn. Especially since she can use a lesson in taking care of her stuff. But my heart still hurts for her and I wish I can fix it.
And that dead Leapster on the counter just brings up emotions like regret and sadness. Regret that no one checked on her when she was in the bathroom washing her Leapster. Sadness that we haven't been able to revive it. I stuck it in rice yesterday. DRL cracked it open and got more water out of it. It revived a little bit. We got audio, but nothing on the display. But then it died again.
It was a sad day at the circus yesterday.