Last September my little 1 yr. old was being babysat by a family member while I was at a doctor appointment. When I got back I found my baby wrapped up in a towel naked and crying. I found out that my daughter had knocked over a container of a floor-stripping chemical and then sat or slipped in it. The chemical is very harsh and burns skin on contact. My little girl was wearing a little dress and her poor little legs were exposed. because the floor was so slippery, she couldn't get out of it when she noticed that it was burning her.
The chemical container had a childproof lid on it that somehow came off when it was knocked over. Luckily the family member that was watching her was actually watching her and not off doing something in another room or something. She was only in it for a couple seconds when she was heard screaming from the pain of her skin burning! She was quickly lifted up out of it and rushed up the stairs to a bathtub to be scrubbed off. Knowing how fast the chemical can burn your skin and how bad it burns, the family member moved quickly and did everything just right to help the situation. I am grateful that it wasn't me, because I would have had no idea why she was screaming. I may have thought it was due to falling on the floor and it would have taken some time for me to realize that it needed to be washed off immediately. And every second it was just burning through the layers of her skin.
When I found out what happened we left to the emergency room. We got in rather quickly and the doctor said that we did everything right and that that is all we could have done. She ended up having 1st and 2nd degree burns covering her legs. It was so sad to see my baby in so much pain. I can only imagine it was the type of pain I have felt when burning a finger on the stove, except so worse and covering my legs instead of just the tip of a finger. That pain seems to just hurt non-stop forever. It tore me heart apart.
We were able to put some creams on her legs and wrap them in gauze to keep them from touching anything. We also got some prescription pain killers for her. My poor baby. I had to change the dressings on her legs everyday and peel the dead skin off to keep it clean. We took her to a burn center and they popped all the blisters that covered her legs. She looked like she had some horrible disease. All the huge blisters! That was hard to watch them do that. It had to hurt. They took a wet cloth to her legs and just started peeling the blisters open and all the skin off. She just cried. I felt so bad. I would have traded her places without even thinking twice about it if I could have; which I wished I could have.
Lucky now, because we kept her legs out of the sun covered in sunscreen all the time, she now has no scars. It has almost been a year since the accident. I am just glad she is okay. I love my baby and hope that doesn't happen to anyone else or their child. It's too hard to handle watching you child in pain; and so young.
kdarticles posted on Aug 09, 2006
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brutally_honest said on Aug 09, 2006....
I know just how you feel. Right before my daughter turned two I was in the bathroom changing my clothes from work and she and her big brother were playing in the living room. I hear her screaming and come running out. She had tried to climb up the back of the futon and fell, catching her leg in the arm of it and broke her leg. I felt sooooooooooo guilty. She was in a double cast to keep her from moving the leg that was broken. It was so pitiful. She didn't seem to mind too much but every time I looked at her in that cast it broke my heart. There was really nothing I could have done, it was just kids being kids. But man it's heart wrenching. -
iciabruxelles said on Aug 09, 2006....
Can't imagine the feeling...ouf...so sorry for your baby... -
kdarticles said on Aug 09, 2006....
I am sorry to hear about you daughter, brutally honest. I know what you mean. -
durianshortcake said on Aug 10, 2006....
It's great to know that she's ok now. I hope you've recovered from it, too. -
pinkjellybeans said on Aug 10, 2006....
God... I can't imagine the heartache you must feel at this happening. I fell down the stairs with my daughter when she was only a year old. She broke her leg and I was in pieces in the hospital. I hate that it was because of me. Nobody ever prepares you for how you'll feel when you have a baby. You never really fully appreciate how much love and guilt you will feel one day. Sending you hugs. I know, even a year on, your heart will ache when thinking about this. PinkJellyBeans -
pinkblush said on Aug 10, 2006....
i feel sorry about what happened to your baby. Im glad that she has no scars, when i saw my niece crying because she touched the frying pan and it was hot, i almost cried because she's still a baby, I would never know how you felt when you saw the condition of your daugther, all I could say that it must take great courage to see your baby like that. You are strong. -
cfamommy said on Aug 10, 2006....
Oh, I can't imagine how it must have broken your heart to see your child in pain! We haven't had any serious accidents yet (knock on wood), but our little guy is only 11 months old... thinking about all the years ahead and everything that [i]could[/i] happen could drive a person crazy. I'm so glad everything has turned out fine for your little one, but the memory must still be so hard for you! -
JadeLondon said on Aug 10, 2006....
Oh--my sympathies! It is always so scary when you have something happen to your child. And not only do you have to deal with the guilt, but the questions. When my Firstborn was a year old, I was removing the lap belt from around his waist when he was in the stroller. Eager to examine a new toy, he tried to lunge from the stroller. The lap belt caught, and he fell on his face and broke a blood vessel in his eye. It was sickening (well, any injury to a child is) because I was afraid he was going to hemmorage and go blind in his eye. Fortunately for me, the doctor told me it wasn't as bad as it looked. -
kdarticles said on Aug 10, 2006....
It is nice to know that I am not alone...and at the same time it is sad to hear that others have had sad experiences too. I am sorry for all those things happening. It does help me feel that I am not a failure of a mother if things/life happens to others also. Thank you all for your comments and I welcome others to add any also. -
FaerieFan said on Sep 09, 2006....
I'm so sorry that your little girl went through all that. Luckily everything was done right and she may never remember a thing since there are no scars there to remind her
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