Sunday, June 29, 2008

Be careful....

So I never got to finish cleaning the craft room. I was going to iron some of the backs on to my items and instead decided to drop the iron on my thigh and my calf. I was just wearing a t-shirt so it landed right on my skin. During this Dan called and said he was coming home because he still did not feel well and at that point I was hysterical. I told him to just come home and not call my mom ( she lives like 5 miles away). He told me to get in a cold bath which I did and watched as my skin floated off.

Dan arrived home, we paged the dr. that said we could go to the hospital but it would be a unnecessary that I needed to keep cold compresses and he was calling in a prescritpion cream, told me to keep my leg elevated and take motrin over the day for pain and as an anti-inflammatory. Meanwhile my mom called when Dan was on the phone with the doc on my cell and I was on the phone with my sister so my mom came over with the supplies and took great care of me. Anytime she changed the dressing for like the first 3 hours I cried. My sister came by as well as my dad. It was a family affair. It was 1000 times better after the cold dressing were on it was super blistered and fire engine red...

I am better today. My leg hurts a lot in some spots and not so much in others. It is turning black and I am going to go see a friend of my mom and dad's who is a plastic surgeon. We shall see but I am in no rush to iron...ever..


It is an odd angle to take it and while I do not have small thighs this pic makes it look like I have HUGE thighs and really small feet. The pic actually makes it look a lot nicer than it is.. If you look close enough you can see the holes from the iron plate. Watch the kiddies (and adults) when I irons are on.

6 comments:

Kristi said...

Holy Moses girl!!!! I am so sorry that you got hurt. I can't even imagine how much pain you're in right now!

Take care of yourself, darlin'!

sewitsforyou said...

It is better today. Sleeping and walking are kind of uncomfortable. Thank goodness it didn't land on my food. Thanks for the kind thoughts kristi!!

Unknown said...

Holy crap girlie! OMG! Do you need anything? How are you doing? I'm glad that the fam took care of you. Please take care of yourself!

sewitsforyou said...

I am hanging in, thanks kittykill. It looks gross now..but thankfully a lot of it doesn't hurt cause it was a bad burn. Thank goodness for my mom went to sleep once she got there. She told him he needed to help me after I almost fell down the stairs last night...

Brook said...

aaahhhh this post made my skin crawl!!! I'm sorry to hear that happened... and whoever said crafting wasn't dangerous!!! Irons scare me! I just got a rowenta and that thing gets HOT HOT HOT....

sewitsforyou said...

we were joking when I went to the dr. that we could see the rowenta name on my thigh ( we can't but I have the impression of about 12 holes) It is getting better. Just super nasty to look at. I have ironed 2 since but I am super nervous about it.