On Thursday I went to McDonalds to get some lunch for my kids. Ezra still needs warm milk so I got a hot water as well to warm up the milk I bought from them too. Well, as luck would have it, as I put the milk in the water cup a little of the scalding hot water spilled onto my hand. What did I do? I flinched and dropped the entire cup of scalding hot water on my hand and legs. Keep in mind I was still in the car. Fortunately I was stopped in the parking lot in "park" because my foot immediately went to the gas pedal and made the engine rev as I was screaming and pulling my pants away from my legs. I couldn't help but keep from crying because the burning and stinging hurt so bad. As I tried to settle myself I could hear Eliza in the back say, "Why you screaming, mama?"
Thankfully, I had ordered and ice water as well and so I started dousing my hand and legs with it on the way home. When all was said and done and I was able to get home to assess the damage: I had what looked like a second degree burn on my left leg and a painful first degree burn on my left hand. What was ironic about it all was that after about an hour of cool water over my leg it stopped hurting altogether and was just fine, but my hand burned and stung like crazy for the next 14 hours until 4 am the next morning. In fact, I couldn't stand being without the cooling affect of water on it for more than 1-2 minutes or so before the effect wore off and it started burning again. I have never experienced this type of burn before but it was awful. As I laid there that night on the couch with my hand in a tub of water wishing I could sleep, I just began to really be grateful to Heavenly Father for the rest of my life without this type of pain. And as 4 am rolled around and I started to get drowsy and realized the pain was nearly subsided, I thanked God for His mercy in taking that pain away. This was His hand in my life because I am sure things could have been much worse. And to add to His grace, I had a lot of friends and family come to my aid during it all (Shiloh called our neighbor to come check on me as well as his mother and Aunt Kassie--who later brought me aloe vera gel).
Now that it has been a couple of days my hand feels more like a bad sunburn and my legs are doing just great. Sigh.
Thankfully, I had ordered and ice water as well and so I started dousing my hand and legs with it on the way home. When all was said and done and I was able to get home to assess the damage: I had what looked like a second degree burn on my left leg and a painful first degree burn on my left hand. What was ironic about it all was that after about an hour of cool water over my leg it stopped hurting altogether and was just fine, but my hand burned and stung like crazy for the next 14 hours until 4 am the next morning. In fact, I couldn't stand being without the cooling affect of water on it for more than 1-2 minutes or so before the effect wore off and it started burning again. I have never experienced this type of burn before but it was awful. As I laid there that night on the couch with my hand in a tub of water wishing I could sleep, I just began to really be grateful to Heavenly Father for the rest of my life without this type of pain. And as 4 am rolled around and I started to get drowsy and realized the pain was nearly subsided, I thanked God for His mercy in taking that pain away. This was His hand in my life because I am sure things could have been much worse. And to add to His grace, I had a lot of friends and family come to my aid during it all (Shiloh called our neighbor to come check on me as well as his mother and Aunt Kassie--who later brought me aloe vera gel).
Now that it has been a couple of days my hand feels more like a bad sunburn and my legs are doing just great. Sigh.
