It was December of 2009 and about a week before my birthday when I experienced the worst pain I have yet to feel. My dad had just left to go to work around five in the morning and I got up around the same time to see him off. I felt like eating oatmeal that morning, and I had an unfinished water bottle so I decided to use it up and put the water bottle in the microwave for about three minutes. I went into my room to get ready and when I came out I saw that the water was done. So I took the water bottle out of the microwave (it didn’t have a cap on) and I saw that it was an unusually small. I then held it under me before I took it to the bowl in which was holding my instant oatmeal. It then decided to explode all over my neck chest and shoulders. For about ten minutes I didn’t feel anything so I continued on with what I was doing before. I suppose at the time I could have been in shock. But then I started feeling pain so I got a rag and started filling up the sink so I could splash some cold water on the wound and hopefully cool it off. I remember thinking that while I was walking to school with my friend, I could just put some cold snow down my shirt and how good it would feel if I just rolled around in it. I figured this wasn’t like any of the other burns I had so I decided to call my mom so she could come and see if she could help me. My mom ended up getting almost stuck in the driveway because there was so much snow. I actually had to call her a second time because at that time the pain was almost unbearable. I was crying so much she could barely understand me. She was at my dad’s house in about ten minutes but it felt like two house. When she got there, I had to open the door because both of them were locked. At the moment my burn looked like a bad sunburn, a really bad sunburn. Pretty much all of my neck and chest were beat red. My mom got some sort of green gel that she told me to rub where it hurt. Although I find that it didn’t help much. My mom told me to take my wet clothes off and put on new ones even though it was terribly painful. She then took me to the hospital and of all things, we got stuck in traffic. My mom decided to run out and grab a big hunk of snow to put on my chest. I couldn’t stop crying the pain was so bad. My mom dropped my off at the emergency door so she could go find a place to park. I swear to god I felt like a zombie because I was walking really slow and when I walked in everyone stared at me with these big eyes. I was shaking so bad from the pain trying to keep the tears down. I didn’t even get time to sit before a nurse ran up to me and put me in a big white office. She asked me how bad my pain was and what I was allergic to, the usual. A bunch of people walked in and took me into the burn unit which was surprisingly close and put me in a bed. I felt kind of Closter phobic being surrounded by all those people. They cleaned up my wounds and gave me a shot for the pain. Another woman came in with something that looked like a scalpel but I was too tired to do anything. I was scared she was going to cut me open or something. I ended up having this huge blister on my chest under my chin that she had to pop. I almost threw up because the water from the blister ran down my chest. It felt so gross. My mom just kind of sat there with me the rest of the time. I don’t really remember much else in the hospital. I just remember say “wee” a few minutes after the pain shot because I was really dizzy and light headed. I just remember my mom looking at me seriously and saying “Don’t you dare start liking that!” After that I suppose I passed right out. My mom took me out for Timmy Ho’s and I passed out again. I woke up once we got back to the house and my mom decided to tell me “your mouth was open.” I got in the house and my dad was there. I could tell my ma called him because he looked really worried. I’ll never forget that look and I hope I never see it again.
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