So... Yesterday I had back surgery. I had an internal epidural steroid injection with 2 nerves being severed to reduce pain I have. I hate water so to stay hydrated all day I drink caffeine free Ices tea. I like to make it myself . I boil water and pour it into a thermos and throw in 2 bags of tea, my favorite flavor from starbucks " calm ". Well last night I was going through tea quickly, so i decided to make a triple batch of tea and store it in the fridge till I needed it. So, I got a glass pitcher that I use in the summer when its hot, i didn't think about it being 39 degrees outside last night. As I poured boiing hot water in the glass pitcher it shattered on the counter in front of me and all the hot water came splashing onto my legs. I was wearing sweat pants and a hoodie. As I pulled my pants off my skin pealed off with it. My boyfriend Ryan called the paramedics as iIstarted to go into shock.

THIS IS MY RIGHT LEG

Right leg again

my Left leg

this is leaving the hospital the skin was rolling off i have seccond degree burns on 60% of the front of my thight on the right, and 30 % of my left leg and about 12 inches by 3 inches across my stomach.

This is my right neg the next morning (today Saturday 11/22/08) the shinny part is raw skin where the top layer just pealed off after the blisters pop. you can see the yellosh spots are the newest blister getting full

This is my left leg the next morning the big red patch is raw skin and the is blister you can see right next to it on the inner thigh that os the size of a silver dollar and hangs like a nut sack, I think its the next to burst.

Left leg again you can see the nutsck blister a little better here. Look closley the skin is ripping over it.

Outer part of my right leg next day. So I'm off work till 12/1/08 at least. As you can imagine I cant wear pants and its difficult wearing a skirt but at least I'm covered. I have to lift the front of the skirt off my legs when I walk its really embarrassing. They sent me home with 40 morphine tabs. I'm taking 2 /15 mg morphine every 3 hours and an additional on 30 min later if the pain isn't being reduced. I have to get a follow up and probably see a urn specialist before heading back to work. I have to file for disability on Monday.
My sweet boyfriend took me to Walgreens at 330 am to get medications on the way home form the emergency room. He bought me a tuperwear pitcher to use from now on to make my tea. I was so scared to make a new pot last night but I did, you have to get back up on the housre so to speak. This time I put the pitcher in the sink just in case it wanted to melt and burst, but it did great.
Well morphines is kicking in time for a nap.