A few weeks ago I took the kids to a splash pad. I was trying to keep an eye on Reese when I suddenly heard Collin cry. I turned around and he was leaning over with his hands on a metal grate. I could tell he was in pain by the way he was crying. I ran over to him (luckily he was only 10 feet away) and picked him up. His hands were red so I ran them in the water. It didn't take very long before I saw blisters starting to form (on both hands).
I called his pediatrician's office and the nurse said to take him into the Children's Hospital ER. I met Greg there so that he could take care of Reese. Poor Collin was crying the whole time. They finally gave him a dose of Tylenol with Codine and things were better after that. They wrapped his hands and told us to follow up with the AZ Burn Center the next day. I thought I was in for a long night with him up crying since they wrapped his thumb he sucks on... but the Tylenol with Codine worked great and he slept through the night.
So the next day I took him into the AZ Burn Center and they said his hands didn't have to be wrapped and to just put a lot of Hydrophor on them (to keep them hydrated). It took a couple of weeks for his hands to fully heal from the blisters, but he didn't seem to mind them too much.
Needless to say I had a few words with the Park's supervisor regarding that metal grate. When I told her my son burned his hands she knew the exact grate I was referring to. That tells me it probably happens fairly often each summer. So how come they don't have a cone or a sign around it? And why is it not painted white or something that might keep it cooler??? This happened on one of the 1st hot days here and he got 2nd degree burns???? I can only imagine how hot that grate gets when its been a constant 110 degrees for weeks! The supervisor said she would see about getting the grate painted white or a sign up over the grate. Maybe she will, maybe she won't but I felt like I had to at least call and try to get them to do something!
A few weeks ago I took the kids to a splash pad. I was trying to keep an eye on Reese when I suddenly heard Collin cry. I turned around and he was leaning over with his hands on a metal grate. I could tell he was in pain by the way he was crying. I ran over to him (luckily he was only 10 feet away) and picked him up. His hands were red so I ran them in the water. It didn't take very long before I saw blisters starting to form (on both hands).
I called his pediatrician's office and the nurse said to take him into the Children's Hospital ER. I met Greg there so that he could take care of Reese. Poor Collin was crying the whole time. They finally gave him a dose of Tylenol with Codine and things were better after that. They wrapped his hands and told us to follow up with the AZ Burn Center the next day. I thought I was in for a long night with him up crying since they wrapped his thumb he sucks on... but the Tylenol with Codine worked great and he slept through the night.
So the next day I took him into the AZ Burn Center and they said his hands didn't have to be wrapped and to just put a lot of Hydrophor on them (to keep them hydrated). It took a couple of weeks for his hands to fully heal from the blisters, but he didn't seem to mind them too much.
Needless to say I had a few words with the Park's supervisor regarding that metal grate. When I told her my son burned his hands she knew the exact grate I was referring to. That tells me it probably happens fairly often each summer. So how come they don't have a cone or a sign around it? And why is it not painted white or something that might keep it cooler??? This happened on one of the 1st hot days here and he got 2nd degree burns???? I can only imagine how hot that grate gets when its been a constant 110 degrees for weeks! The supervisor said she would see about getting the grate painted white or a sign up over the grate. Maybe she will, maybe she won't but I felt like I had to at least call and try to get them to do something!
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Double BOO to the splash pad. You need to show me were this grate is at exactly! Poor Collin :(
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