last weeks incident

As most people know, last week we had a bit of an accident, but all things considered it could have been a lot worse.  On last friday Bostyn was getting ready with me in the bathroom. I had my flat iron plugged in on the vanity, and Bostyn was down on the floor, I ran into her bedroom to grab her clothes off the bed for her when I heard something drop. It didn't sound loud, and Bostyn really wasn't crying much....at first.  I walked in and noticed the flat iron on the floor and Bostyn over by the door, so I really didn't think she touched it, I just figured she grabbed the cord that was hanging off the vanity and just let it drop. I picked her up and took her into her room and thats when she started flipping out, then it clicked! What if the flat iron fell on her? So I examined her body and didn't see anything till I saw her poor little hand. At first glance it didn't look horrible till I saw her thumb. She had the biggest blister I have ever seen on some one. so I immediately called her pediatrician's office who told me to just keep it in cold water but if any of the blisters pop then they needed to see her, when just as I put it in cold water they started popping. Just with our luck, her Dr  wasn't in that day, but they were able to squeeze us in with another Dr who worked in the building, but it wasn't for 2 hours! So I gave her some Tylenol  and we just had to hang out for a bit. So I turned a movie on for her and sat her on my lap while I tried to keep her calm. Mac was at work, but was able to stop by the house for a minute. He went into the freezer and grabbed a go-gurt that I had frozen and handed it to her to grip on to. Anyway... We got to the office and the Dr that was there looked at her hand and looked a little concerned, and asked me to tell him the story of what happened.  Of course the whole time I'm telling him I feel like he's judging me as a mom, which is normal for any mom I'm sure. You just feel bad. The Dr told me that because they popped so soon, that she's at a big risk for infection which could lead to worst things, so he was going to have to scrub all the remaining blister off.  They had to soak her hand to get it all really soft and loose, which got her worked up, then when he came in we had to hold her down so he could scrub everything off. It was horrifying and traumatic, but she got through it without passing out. After seeing it then, I thought for sure she was going to need some kind of skin grafting.  He wrapped it up for her and told me I was going to have to do it a few more times.....at home! He could tell that I was horrified so he was nice to offer to do it him self if I wanted to bring her in on Saturday. I was so thankful for that.
I took her in the next day to have it done again. I cant even explain how much I dreaded that. Holding her down again while she's screaming in pain, staring at me like "make it stop why are you doing this to me"  was about as much as I could handle. I started crying in the office and Mac not being there again did help either. But she made it through it of course and is ok. We did have to do it once more time at home, but mac was here with me and we only had to get a little more off and now were done, we just have to change her bandages everyday and keep Neosporin on it.

She is one tough girl. Like I said, it could have been a lot worse, and it wasn't so I'm so grateful for that, and I know accidents happen, and she probably doesn't even remember anything happened.  Its just obviously something that you want to avoid when possible, but when it happens it sucks royaly.  I know I'm a good mom and I have an awesome husband and the best daughter. Who cares if we need therapy after this. We'll be fine haha.