the brought back painful memories. i used to keep a crock (mind you, USED to) to save fat drippings. one time, i didn’t let it warm to room temp before pouring new drippings in and it exploded, causing 2nd degree burns to hand and wrist. after a night of excrutiating pain, the next day was pain free for the most part. so i thought, just let it heal. then, while washing my hands the burned skin just peeled back. still no pain. off to the e.r. where they said they would have to debride it…didn’t really understand that at the time. the doc asked if i wanted to sit down and i said no. so he called a big burly orderly over to stand by me. i calmly watched the doc open a package with a plastic brush and then he began to scrub the burn. all i remember was my knees buckling and the orderly grabbing from hitting the floor. that was done twice a day for a week as well as changing dressing every couple of hours. looking at this hand makes me cringe as i know what he is facing. burns are so difficult because of chance of infection and the time needed for new skin to regenerate. my prayers go out to him.