the burn victim

well we almost made it to the 2 year mark without a trip to the ER. the other day while i was at nate and paige's making dinner jude decided to put his hand & arm in the oven. i was standing right there, right in front of the oven just pulling out the garlic bread (thats right, broil setting) when POW there is jude on my right side with his left arm leaning right on top of the oven door. poor baby knows that ovens are hot but just wanted to help. the picture above is 2 days post oven accident. i wasn't in the right mind frame the day of.

i got to him before the burning sensation started but not 1 second later he started feeling it. he was screaming bloody murder ( for a good cause). we put his arm under the cold faucet then tried to dry it off when i noticed all of the skin on his forearm had melted away. paige luckily had a 1st aid kit with some burn creme in it and gauze, so i wrapped it as good as i could an ran out the door. i called my doctors office and they told me since it was on the palm and that skin was taken off that i needed to take him to the emergency room. so i drove from rose park to cottonwood hospital at about 110 mph (not kidding). we arrived at the emergency room both sobbing our eyes out. the good news about going to the ER with toddler who is screaming from a burn is that they get you right back.

to make this long story short. jude suffered 2nd degree burns on his forearm, palm, and a few finger tips. some areas are worse than others. the ER doctors sedated him before the started debriding it (taking off the skin) but it was still the hardest thing i ever had to go through, and i am sure it was for jude too. he is doing well, mostly because he is on pain medication. yet, it never ceases to amaze me how resilient kids are. we all know how bad burns hurt. he is my hero.

i made trev stay home from work the next day because we had to take him back to the docotrs to do some more debridement and change is bandages. it takes both of us to hold him down. plus, he needed some TLC.

we took jude to a pumpkin patch before we took him back to the doctor. he was in 7th heaven, regardless of his burn.

poor guy can't get up by himself

jude having a ball with his pumpkin we bought him to cheer him up. who would know that he was in serious pain? you have to love codine......

getting ready for mommie to change his dressing

open wound. this is it looking really good 2 days later.

he loves his new green cast