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so last night my mom spilled boiling hot water on herself. because she would not go to ER, we put cold water on the burn spot until it cooled, and then wrapped it in gauze, and she promised to get it looked at after work today.
Well, she went to a pharmacist rather than a doctor, and when we looked at it, it looked pretty bad, so I called the health link number to see what we could do.
Now, my mom has made an appointment for tomorrow with her doctor, and I feel like I failed her by not pushing harder for her to get it looked at last night.
The stress has given me a headache and tummy troubles ... but I just have to remember that I have PTSD, but it doesnt have me.
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Love and Prayers
Hope everything will get better.
I sending my Love and Prayers to you and your family.
Hugs tmf
She should get it professionally checked at least once.
I got a second degree burn on the top of my right hand when an air bag deployed. When the blister broke it took a long time to start really healing.
So use antibiotic ointment and look for special nonstick dressings.
That’s what the urgent care facility supplied me with.
I’m praying she gets well.
Gillian Cairns
She is responsible for her own decisions.
To make yourself somehow at fault is to be codependent.
It's good that she's having the burn looked at...
But I'm assuming that your mom is over 21. She's old enough to make her own decisions, good or bad. She's the one that has to live with the results of her decisions, not you. Detachment is the hardest thing for a family caregiver to develop.