the burn story
so i don’t have to retype every time someone asks me about how i got my burn, here is the story (up till now, 12 days post occurrence)
i was in san francisco, on my first full day of vacation, and on the back of a friend’s motorcycle on my way to a baby shower, and we stopped to pick up the gifts from my friend’s office. getting back on the bike, my foot slipped and my jeans got caught on the pedal and my (now bare) leg got pulled against the exhaust pipe. i totally thought i was okay and proceeded to limp through my vacation. till tuesday, (it happened sunday), when i realized that was not the best course of action. e.r. visit tuesday (where i got percoset, a tetanus shot, and a cane), burn center wednesday, flew back to my parents in seattle thursday, and here to new york on sunday. pippin stayed in seattle. burn center at new york hospital told me it was infected and i had to stay in bed all week. have follow up monday to talk about skin grafts (awesome!) the burn itself is about 4”x5” and is mostly deep 2nd degree with some 3rd degree. pictures upon request.
1 year ago