So, if you are squeamish, leave now...
What I can say I have gained from this experience is true empathy for burn victims. My little burn is so insignificant in comparison to many who have had much more extensive burns, yet my one finger has caused a lot of pain...and today, on day 10, it continues to hurt. Today, I worry a lot about spreading infection as I now have pain moving up my hand beyond the actual wound.
Here's the story...
On Sunday, March 24, the start of C & R's 2-week spring break and the last day I'd get to spend with them for 11 days, R requested that I make caramel popcorn as a special treat. I do it the old-fashioned way...I boil it on the stove top. I acquiesced, but I wanted her to watch so she could learn how to make it--not that I would ever let her work with boiling caramel yet, but so she'd know what went into it.
It was all complete when I used my left (or weaker) hand to hold the pan and my right hand to stir the caramel sauce as I poured it on the popcorn. Well, after a couple minutes of this, my weaker left hand was struggling to keep the pan upright, so I tried to adjust my grip as week bit. In the process, my left middle finger touched the side of the pan and burned the finger. This caused me to jump and...yep, pour the boiling caramel on my right hand/finger.
I thank God that not 30 seconds before this happened, I had asked Rachel to scoot back as the hot sauce could burn her badly if I spilled it.
Well, the rest is history as they say...here is my 10-day progress in pictures:
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| Day 1 |
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| Day 2 |
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| Day 3, 4 and 5--went to Dr.--2nd degree burns and infected. Got antibiotic. |
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| Day 5-post bandage |
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| Day 6--looking lots better, I thought |
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| Day 7 |
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| Lost an entire layer of skin on day 9... Day 10--swollen again and getting red (infected??) further up my hand, even away from the wound. |
