POOR POOR POOR Milli!

Why Poor(x3) Milli?



That is why!
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What happened?

Well, Milli and I were up at a church activity where we were learning some sewing skills. When you sew you often need to have your iron ready to press anything down. I was holding someones baby and talking about sewing with the other ladies while keeping my eye on Milli as she walked around when all of the sudden I heard this big "thud" and turned to see Milli was under one of the ironing boards and an iron on her hand! I rushed over, gave the baby to someone and grabbed Milli, who at this point was already crying in Maricela's arms. We quickly put her hand under cold water and then someone grabbed ice. Then Tiffany grabbed Milli so I could call and find out were to take her. InstaCare said I had to take her to Primary Children's. Abuela was at work and I had to have Dave come with me so sweet Sarah came home to watch my kids (God bless her!). We headed up to the Hospital were, after 4+ hours, they told us it looked like a third degree burn. That is the worst of all the burns. Sometimes the skin can look white but once removed the flesh is very bright and red, that would be a secon degree burn. However, once they removed the skin and revealed the flesh underneath it, it too was white! That is the worst case scenario.

What does this all mean now?

Milli is bandaged up. I have already called the Burn Unit at Primary Children's and we are waiting for a cancelation today, but we have an appointment tomorrow. If the flesh starts to show up with little red or pink spots that would be a good sign and it means that there is still live stuff under all of that. If it stays white then that means that they might have to do a skin graft, meaning they would take skin form her own body and replace that missing skin on her hand. I pray that some pink and red start to show up. I would hate for Milli to go through any more pain. Third degree burns take a very long time to heal. They often leave very bad scars and it also can restrict the movement to areas affected. The top of the hand doesn't have a lot of fatty tissue or even flesh so I worry about that as it heals. Now its just a waiting game.

I feel absolutely terrible. This could have been prevented. I cannot imagine the pain she must have felt! She is doing so good. She was a trooper through the whole thing. I know things like this can happen but I feel horrible that I wasn't watching her more closely. I love that little monkey more than I can say. She is resting and acting like herself.