I think the reason I went to nursing school was not to be an actual nurse in the hospital, but a nurse to my boys. I came a little more prepared for all the busted open lips, black eyes, and burns we have had so far! I cannot explain how hard it is to see my babies get hurt. I can only imagine the love our Heavenly Father has for each of us and how he does all he can to help us through our trials/pain, but we do have trials and he watches us go through hard things. I can give huge kisses, I can warn them of danger, give them tylenol, I can run along side them, but kids get hurt and have pain. I want to take all the pain away. It is so hard to watch them suffer. Yesterday Zack went out on our patio while we were making dinner. We were grilling last night so the grill was on. We have done this several times before, which now we will never do again. They usually play toys outside while we grill. Well, Zack was right by Dan and just took off straight for the grill. Dan stopped him before he put his hand on it, but his wrist skid it on his way back. When Dan brought him in I remembered having the distinct feeling when I let him go outside that this was not a good idea. I remembered telling myself, "we do this all the time. He never plays with the grill. Dan is out there, he will be fine." I ignored the prompting from the Spirit. I know my boys are watched over! It could have been A LOT worse than it was and I am extremely grateful Dan is super fast:) I prayed so hard that Zack would not be in too much pain, I hate burns! We ran his arm in cold water, which he hated. It is such a hard age to keep them still! So, we put him in a cool tub. He was perfectly fine after we gave him tylenol and wrapped it up. He slept like a baby. I think the picture makes it look worse than it is. It didn't even blister. But, it still looks pretty nasty. He lost a few layers of skin but it didn't go too deep. Which is why I think he did not suffer too long. Levi's hand was another story. I actually think that was a worse burn with blisters. He would not even take his hand out of water for over 6 hours and fell asleep with his hand in the water. Zack acted completely normal after twenty minutes. So here are pictures of my poor baby. We love him so much and it is hard to see anything bad happen to these little sweet babies.
WARNING: may be a little graphic!
Levi holding his little brother. He sure has one of the sweetest personalities. I was holding Zack and he turned to me and said, "It is my turn to hold him."
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Oh your poor little guy! Good thing you are such a super nurse! Way to use your treatment nurse skills!
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