I feel badly for my mother. She was making dinner for us and she burned her finger pretty badly. It's all swollen and it looks like it's about to blister any moment. Worse though is the pain she's in. She kept her fingers in cool water all night (she burned her finger at 3pm) and though she kept trying the ointment we got her specifically for burns the pain was and is just so intense. She handled it like a trooper all night but I'm worried about her trying to sleep tonight. I've only ever experienced really minor burns. Really, I've hardly suffered from a severe sunburn but the tiny burns I have experienced are excruciating so I really, really hope she can sleep tonight. My poor mom has difficulty sleeping without the pain of a burn.
I hate the phrase, "You know what's the worst? " or "it's the worst when..." because the most ridiculous statements follow those lines like "the worst thing is when you have to stand in line at the post office" or "god, that traffic is the worst." Really, that's the worst? However, I truly feel like being severely burned is one of the worst things that can happen to a person (or any living creature). I don't know how the angels who work in the burn units at hospitals do it nevermind, the patients. The screams and the smells... I can't imagine. My mom only has a tiny burn on her fingertip but there are poor people who have whole parts of their body. Just thinking about makes me wish I had the power to take all their pain away and allow them to recover in peace.
It something that stands as a simple reminder to how much worse things good be and how great I've had it. I really need to be more grateful.
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