Sandman seriously burned with scalding water
While over at Mama Helen's house with Kevin 2 days ago, I noticed the SandMan standing off to the side and not saying much (he can usually talk your ears off), so I moved over to talk to him and only then noticed a huge horrible 2nd. & 3rd. degree burn on the lower right side of his torso, with a darker lesser burn that appeared to cover nearly 1/2 his upper body.
I was stunned, and asked how it happened, and was told SandMan was trying to carry a pot of boiling water when his cousin bumped into him, scalding him badly.
Jan.3, 2009: The SandMan & his burns. Olympus E-1, Olympus Zuiko 14-54mm f/2.8-3.5 Digital: 1/160s f/5.6 at 14.0mm iso100
In the picture he was kind of blowing it all off, but I knew that he had to be in real pain, so I asked his parents for permission to bring him to my doctors office the next day, and they were happy I had offered.
Dr. Batayola saw us immediately when we arrived (I took SandMan and his sister Angie on my motorcycle) and learned that this was SandMan's 2nd. visit to a real doctor; he's 11 years old.
The doctor put him on oral antibiotics and prescribed an anti bacterial burn cream for the wounds, and only charged me for the medicines.
Seems the other scar SandMan has just below the center of his collar bone was from last New Years, when a firework he was trying to light off blew up in his hands.
SandMan's a firebug, just like my brother was at his age...and SandMan always reminds me of my brother who died a long time ago.
SandMan's a very lucky kid - serious burns of that degree usually land one in the hospital, and I just checked him earlier this morning and the burns look much better after 2 days of meds & ointment.
Thanks for reading today,
PJAMES
I was stunned, and asked how it happened, and was told SandMan was trying to carry a pot of boiling water when his cousin bumped into him, scalding him badly.
Jan.3, 2009: The SandMan & his burns. Olympus E-1, Olympus Zuiko 14-54mm f/2.8-3.5 Digital: 1/160s f/5.6 at 14.0mm iso100
In the picture he was kind of blowing it all off, but I knew that he had to be in real pain, so I asked his parents for permission to bring him to my doctors office the next day, and they were happy I had offered.
Dr. Batayola saw us immediately when we arrived (I took SandMan and his sister Angie on my motorcycle) and learned that this was SandMan's 2nd. visit to a real doctor; he's 11 years old.
The doctor put him on oral antibiotics and prescribed an anti bacterial burn cream for the wounds, and only charged me for the medicines.
Seems the other scar SandMan has just below the center of his collar bone was from last New Years, when a firework he was trying to light off blew up in his hands.
SandMan's a firebug, just like my brother was at his age...and SandMan always reminds me of my brother who died a long time ago.
SandMan's a very lucky kid - serious burns of that degree usually land one in the hospital, and I just checked him earlier this morning and the burns look much better after 2 days of meds & ointment.
Thanks for reading today,
PJAMES
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