PHEW!

I had my second doctor's appointment today.  The doc reviewed all my lab work and informed me that I don't have any STDs (hallelujah), I don't have gestational diabetes (although he dumbed it down for me and said that I'm not "diabetic during pregnancy"), and that I'm drug-free (heh.  I guess I hide it well).  He flipped through the chart and confirmed what the ultrasound showed (yep, it's a baby) and that was it.  The doctor actually paid more attention to Bryan during the visit than he paid to me, but really there was a good reason.......

Last night Bryan wanted something to snack on.  Generally I don't buy things that come prepackaged, and I don't buy snacks, which means that Bryan waits until he gets REALLY REALLY hungry and is almost *forced* to make himself something to eat.  That's what happened last night, so he was frying up some flour tortillas to make nachos for everyone.  I was on the phone with my mom and I heard Bryan yelling profanities and run to the bathroom.

I didn't think much of it because I figured he'd call out for me if something was wrong, so I finished up my conversation with my mom and went into the bathroom to ask Bryan what was wrong.  As it turned out, hot vegetable oil splashed ALL OVER the right side of his face (forehead, eyelid, cheek) and he was running it under cold water.

Since he did that (obviously before I could tell him to stop) he popped almost all the blisters that had formed on his face.  He has second degree burns all over that side of his face.  I was thisclose to taking him to the ER, but he flat-out refused, so all I could do was dress his burns and tell him to lie down while *I* got us something to eat.  Poor guy.  It looks just awful, and I can tell it hurts him like hell.

The saddest part of all is that I don't have any of that white tape you use with gauze bandages, so I had to use band-aids to keep the gauze up, which made him look like Franken-face.  The doc made him take off his bandage to take a peek at it, and I told him what I've been doing to treat the burn, and he says everything looks fine.

I guess I can add R.N. to my repertoire, and Bryan can scratch nacho-maker off of his.

Comments

[elizabeth]

ouch!!!! i hope bryan feels better soon and i am glad that all is well with you and lil bambino!

[Kb]

Ooops poor Bryan that sounds pretty painful! I'm glad to hear everything is well and you are not a diabetic drug addict, that would not be good. Can't wait to see what you have, still doubting it's a baby :) Joking, I'm sure you're having a perfect little baby boy, well that's my guess anyway. If not it would have to be the sweetest little baby girl for you Daphne Blue.

[Angela Lugo]

Oh crap. Wow, um. I am trying really hard to come up with something to do/say to make Bryan feel better...but I don't think they make a Hallmark card for "Sorry you burt up half your face with vegetable oil". Damn, uhhhh. I'll call tomorrow. In the mean time...I get A LOT of people asking me where I got my sling for Ony. I try and tell them to come to this site...cause I don't know where else to send them. Do you by any chance have business cards? Cause I know I could have a TON of these things sold for you (I use mine ALL the time BTW).

[fuzzypeach]

Ouchies. Bandage sounds pretty funny though! Glad to hear your and baby are a-ok.

[fuzzypeach]

Ouchies. Bandage sounds pretty funny though! Glad to hear your and baby are a-ok.

[Candice]

Oh your poor little man! Um, I thought he was an EMT or something? Or at least worked with EMT's? Isn't it funny how he should know how to care for his poor burned face, and instead here comes you with no formal training? Like the time Nick set the toaster oven on fire and poured water on it before he unplugged it? Yeah. He's my little fire man, experienced and classes and all. And here I come to the rescue. But what do we know? We're just lowly stay at home moms.

[Cara]

OMG poor Bryan, that's awful! And poor nachos, oh how I love nachos.

Glad to hear you aren't, you know, diabetic while pregnant.

[Penny]

I feel badly for Bryan! That would hurt! But, it makes for a somewhat funny post..

I feel his pain.. but, a little less, I am sure, than second-degree to his face. ..I was play-fighting with TDOW in the livingroom yesterday and he dragged me across my carpet. I have rug-burn all over my back. I look like I was whipped.

Get Better Soon = to Bryan.