I think it's safe to say I was super excited to use my new toy this past weekend and decided the first order of business was a batch of cookies! Matt was at work, the kiddies were outside playing, and I had this perfect little image in my mind of a yummy dinner and fresh-from-the-oven cookies being ready by the time Matt got home!
I got all the ingredients mixed (I should preface this with the fact that I bake fairly often - this isn't a new endeavor for me). I got the dough arranged on the cookie sheet and put it in the oven. When the timer went off I got my oven mitt and pulled them out. I noticed that my mitt was squishing one of the cookies so I switched the cookie sheet to the other hand......the hand that did not have on an oven mitt mind you!!!
HOLY SCHMOLLY!!!!!!! Let's just say a 350 degree cookie sheet and a bare hand don't mix. I quickly dumped the cookie sheet onto my stove and ran to the sink to run cold water over my hand.
A quick call to the doc confirmed that I had numerous 2nd degree burns all over my hand AND I wasn't allowed to put any type of typical medication on it because of the pregnancy. Ugh. I did the same thing when I was pregnant with Eva, but the burns were down the back of my leg. Its not a fun situation - burns hurt!!!
After literally HOURS of soaking my hand in cold water and a few kind friends and family members that dropped off aloe gel and a few other things that didn't seem to do the trick, I decided I HAD to do something - the pain was throbbing!! I pulled out my phone and put a request on trusty Facebook for natural remedies for burns.
OH MY WORD!!!! Remedies came pouring in!!! I never knew there were so many remedies out there! At this point the kids were already in bed, so I had to find something I had on hand. Someone mentioned honey and I thought I'd give it a shot.
Worked like a CHARM!!
I drizzled my entire hand in honey, got an ice bag, and loosely wrapped a towel around the whole thing so I wouldn't get honey all over my sheets. It did take awhile to fall asleep because my hand throbbed, but soon that throbbing went away and I slept completely soundly. The next morning my hand had literally NO pain and my blisters looked amazingly better!!
Sooo friends...moral of the story: USE AN OVEN MITT!!! If by chance you forget, honey is a GREAT remedy!!!
2 comments:
Oh my goodness!!!!!! Bless your heart!! I'm so sorry that happened to you!!
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