Jase's First Traumatic Injury

Ok warning. The following pics are not for the squeamish. The crazy thing is that the pictures make it look LESS severe than it looks in person. So be glad you are not here to see it! I'm not really sure why I'm blogging about this anyways. I guess it was just so upsetting to me that I feel like I need to tell the world. So here's my story: We don't have a normal furnace like most people to heat our home--we have a free standing propane stove. (It looks like a small ceramic fireplace.) Roob put up a fire screen in front of it just yesterday to make sure once we turned the heater on that Jase wouldn't burn himself. I had just given Jase his bottle and I was a few steps away when all of a sudden I heard screaming! Sure enough, he had crawled over to the stove and put his left hand square on the screen. It burned the heck out of his hand. I started panicking like crazy. I tried submerging his tiny hand in ice water as much as I could, then I called my neighbors who came right over to help me. Jase got a blessing and started to calm down after that. My neighbors tended to him while I made the dreaded call to Roob and also the pediatrician. I ended up taking him there to get checked out (making sure it wasn't 3rd degree burn) and do you know this boy fell asleep in the car? It was amazing--but I was the one that cried the entire time (hahaha). It just tore my heart out to see this little boy suffering so much. I wanted it to be me instead of him. I don't know how all you moms handle it when your children get hurt. And burns!? Has to be one of the worst things! His poor hand is blistered on the palm and most of his fingers. It is super sad. The doctor wrapped his hand loosely in gauze and after that Jase did pretty good. When we got home I gave him another dose of Tylenol and by the grace of God he took a nice, long nap. The doc told me to take off the bandages at night so it can air out, but to put ointment on it and wrap it up for the day to try and keep it clean. The hard part was once he woke up from his nap he wanted to crawl around on the floor. Of course as soon as his hand touched the floor he started crying. I can't stand it! So I tried to entertain him with books and cartoons and whatever else kept him from crawling (like snacks in the high chair). We took the bandages off before bed tonight and that's when I snapped these pics. I wonder when the blisters will burst. Yikes. I just hope he's not in too much pain. So far, he seems to be asleep and for that I am forever grateful.