Saturday, July 21, 2012

what was I thinking!!!!!!!!

Wed night I was going to fry some potatoes with seasoning for dinner. I stepped away from the stove and came back and the oil was burning. Not thinking, I took the pan to go and dump the oil out. I don't know what I was thinking... so dumb. It splatted all over my right hand and on the floor and now I have 2nd degree burns on my hand. IT is the most painful thing Ever! I was in so much pain. I sat and soaked my hand for an hour. Dave was still at work so I called him and told him to rush home. I had my right hand in a soaking bowl as I was throwing goldfish at my kids to eat while Dave came home to make them dinner. It was horrible. I was in so much pain. I would rather go through labor than have second degree burns. I was so thankful that Claire wasn't crawling around on the floor like she usually is while I make dinner. Everyone was down playing in the basement so they didn't see any of this happen. I took some pain medicine and went to sleep. I didn't want to go to the emergency room after hours. I woke up the next day and my thumb has a huge blister on it and my skin all around my thumb is all purple. I about passed out it was so gross looking. I called my family Dr. that I haven't seen in 3 years and told them and they told me to come right in. I was at the Dr. for 2 hours. Luckily Dave was able to work from home Thursday and Friday. He basically has done everything. The Dr. said I couldn't get it wet through the weekend. No baths, no dishes... so Dave has done a lot. The family Dr. was worried that it may have been more severe and since it was so bubbly and she couldn't see my knuckle so she sent me to a plastic surgeon. I also had to get my tetanus shot since I was up for another one and you should when you get a burn I guess. That was really painful the next day. Now I feel a little bad for my kids when they are always going to the Dr. and getting shots. Poor kids. I passed out once in my life, when I got laser eye surgery. As my family Dr. was talking about my blister and maybe having the plastic surgeon cut away the dead skin I almost passed out. The thought of anyone touching my hand was awful. I had to lay down at the Dr. office for a while before they would let me leave. I can do pregnancy and delivery I just can't do gross blood and sores. It was an awful day. I now have lots of bandages and cream and some really good drugs. I was telling Dave that I really do need the pain relief drugs because about every 4 hours I can feel when it is starting to wear off and I start feeling pain again. The plastic surgeon said it was fine and not that deep. I am going back in a week to get it all cleaned up and cut away. I don't know how I will deal with that. Maybe take some good drugs before I go in. Yuck. I am never cooking again... atleast not with oil.

7 comments:

Jennie Larsen said...

HOLY TOLEDO! That is AWFUL! So glad Dave was able to stay home and help. Sorry that happened...wish I was closer so I could come help, too. Lots of love from TX!

Sharon said...

OUCH! I burned a little bit of my hand once, taking cookies out of the oven...it hurt sooo bad, so I can only imagine how bad it is for you!! (I'm still afraid of burning myself every time I take something out of the oven, and it's been over 10 years since it happened.) I hope it heals very quickly!!

Michelle Earnest said...

I hope you were able to claim workmans comp. :)

Drew and Edith said...

holy moly!! hope the pain eases up!! i'm not big on cooking with oil too.

eileen said...

ow ow ow!!! that's so terrible!
here's to hoping that it heals us really quickly.

Kris said...

So sorry! That sounds horrible! I'm glad Dave has been able to help out so much and that you have good doctors.

Wendi said...

Reading the story now makes me wonder how the heck you were at the waterpark the other day. Oh my. Burns are some of the worse pain you'll feel. I hope it's getting better!!