by KK » Thu Jun 10, 2004 5:28 pm
I am a nurse and work in a hospital. One night, a tea light I had burning in a glass holder in my entertainment center just flared up for no reason```` into a 12” roaring flame. To keep it from igniting the entertainment center, I grabbed it and ran with it into the kitchen and tossed it in the sink. The combination of the hot glass, the flame itself and the burning wax gave me a severe burn along my entire thumb and forefinger and the skin in between them. The tissue was burned way down deep; I’d say it was at least a 2nd degree burn. The pain was so intense, that I had to keep the hand in ice water for a half hour to even be able to bear it. Being a nurse, I had some basic supplies on hand, so I wrapped the two fingers and the next morning unwrapped them to discover a huge blister running the length of both fingers. I removed the fluid with a syringe, injected some Mesosilver and re-bandaged the hand. The next day when I unwrapped it, I was completely amazed: the blister was healed and the skin had reattached itself and stayed attached. This is unheard of with a water blister! Not only did the blister completely heal, but it is also completely scar free, which is also amazing. When I showed the burn to a woman at work the day after it happened, her comment was, “That’s going to leave a terrible scar.” When I showed it to her a week later, she couldn’t believe anything burned that bad could heal that completely with no scarring. It blew her away and it blew me away! It still amazes me.
Kate Krenshaw
Orlando, FL