Gotta love the comically large thumb there.
Six days ago, my last day in Nashville, I was in a bit of a blind rush. I needed to get everything in my room packed up, get ready for my day, get ready to leave Nashville, and get to my friend's competition by 9am. All was going well at 8:30am, until I reached for my curling iron. Normally, that action wouldn't be anything to write about, but, I didn't grab my curling iron in the 'non-interesting' way. I grabbed my curling iron on the hot end (obviously I wasn't looking). The hot end that was set at 450°. Yeah big a** whoops there!
Some of my burned skin, six days later. It looks a bit freakish.
So you all can imagine the scream, the tears, the running mascara, the tremendous pain, and the panic that came with all of that (and the amount of one handed last minute packing that I had no choice but to do). Fortunately, I had the state of mind to grab the aloe Lidocaine burn spray can and spray it all over my burned hand. I was also fortunate to be able to see my teacher's mother, an ER doctor who gave me great advice, and a medic was on staff at the resort hotel with the oh so miraculous silvadeen which he generously slathered all over the burn on my palm and the multiple burns on my fingers. I also had some anti-biotic ointment with numbing analgesics in it to keep the pain at bay (for the most part) during the 10 hour ride home. I have been pretty uncomfortable since that whole ordeal, but, thanks to some clarity of mind and better living through chemistry the moment it happened, things could have been a lot worse. I've had blisters, swelling, and the freakish loss of the lines on my thumbprint (the thumb got the worse of it) and on my fingers. But, I am healing and should be right as rain soon enough.
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Just remember, it could always be worse! ;-)
8 comments:
Oh lordy! I have been guilty of this same stupidity before, but miraculously, never this bad. I hope you're hand gets better soon, it looks like it really hurts :-( x
My stomach is doing cartwheels as I read this! Crapola, that would have hurt so much. I'm such a baby when it comes to pain. I hope it's healing well, you poor thing!
Sara Louise- Thanks girl! Yeah the things we go through to get 'purdy'. I am still shaking my head. How did I manage to do that, and do that so 'well'?? lol
annelise- Be grateful then! I didn't cry when I sprained my ankle, nor really after my eye surgery, but, this made me wail like a stuck pig. Thanks for the well wishes, it's getting better, better and will be back to normal soon. :-)
*cringes* That looks like it hurt SO MUCH!!!
Sarah- Holy crapola did it ever! Now it seems I am regarded as the biggest klutz ever by my co-workers and students. BS strikes again!!
Oh yikes!! This is why I always choose limp, flat, non-bouncy hair ;-) Hope you are healing!
Catie- LoL!! Well I didn't have much of a choice but to have that hairstyle that day. I'm healing, the pinky doesn't require wrapping now and the ring finger is soon to follow.
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