What NOT to do with boiling water…
January 20, 2009 8:30 pm California, The Bad Days#1: DO NOT pour boiling water on your leg…
Last night while making dinner I tried to put the oven rack in the oven. It was sitting next to the fold up counter behind the stove. The rack hit the fold up counter which slid down throwing the pan of boiling water off of the stove and onto me.
I am thankful that Nathan was thinking more clearly than me and he got me into the shower very quickly with cool water. I called Nurse One who said NOT to put any type of lotion or oils on it because it would trap the heat. Then I called my friend Roger who is an ER nurse to find out what they would do at the hospital and it seems that the only reason to suffer without the cool water would be to get pain medication so I stayed home and Nathan went and got me some gauze.
Today it looks horrible and is blistered but it is not hurting! :)