So I was at work on Friday night and my ex-husband called. He knew I was working so I got a little irritated and ignored it. And ignored it a second and a third time. I finally answered on the fourth time and he almost yelled at me saying, "I've been trying to call you" so I told him I was working and he said he knew but he HAD to talk to me. So I asked him what was wrong and he told me not to get upset and that I needed to sit down. I told him to just tell me. So he tells me this:
Last Saturday (August 4) they were all visiting my ex's family and it was time to leave. Shy was sleeping so he went to pick her up and didn't put his cigarette down and she spasmed in her sleep and managed to catch it in the bend of her arm. She wouldn't unbend it to get the cigarette out because she was still sleeping and not fully understanding what was going on. So when she woke up, he was finally able to open her arm and get the cigarette out. His cousin is married to an R.N. who was there so he called her over to her to look at it and tell him what to do. They get her calmed down and clean her arm up and she goes back to sleep. He treats it with Neosporin and lets it go. *Mind you, I have no clue that happened until I get this phone call.* Well, I guess while she was at the baby sitter's house, she had been putting vaseline on it because as she said "It help keeps the germs out" but it actually helped the infection process speed up.
I guess he had a job interview on Friday afternoon and his sister called him and told him that Shy had red streaks going up her arm and she knew from work that was a sign of an internal infection and that they needed to get her to the ER right away. So he takes her to the urgent care center and they referred him to St John's Childrens Mercy Hospital in St Louis. So he calls me then to tell me that they are admitting her and that she had a third degree burn on her arm and that it was infected and that the infection has spread to her bloodstream. So, I proceed to freak out, I mean I am 4 hours away while all of this was happening and had no clue anything was even wrong! So I told my charge nurse what was going on and that as soon as I was finished passing my night time meds, I was leaving as soon as she could count with me. This dumb bitch then tells me that she "didn't have time to drop what she was doing to come to MY beckon call." So after about an hour of her sitting on her ass, she finally picks up the phone and calls the other night nurse in to cover what was left of my shift, a whole hour. So I pick up my mother and head out to St Louis. We FINALLY get there at like 5:15 or so in the morning. Shy's sleeping and that's all I want to do at this point as well. But the minute I ask Josh how long she had been out, she heard my voice and was up all happy go lucky. So we didn't get to sleep until about 9. The burn specialist came in at about 9:30 and woke me up as I was laying in the bed with Shy. I opened her arm so they could see it and all Shy did was open her eyes, sigh and go right back to sleep. They said although it was a deep third degree burn, it did not need to be cleaned and all that needed to be done was a soap and water cleanse twice a day and silvidine applied. So I went back to sleep and got woke up again when the doctor came in about 12:30 to see her. Said she looked good and all was healthy with it and she can go home the next day. So I stayed the rest of the day with her so I can spend some time with her and after she pulled her IV out on accident, they had to re-stick her. Other than that, she was fine. She is at home now and I bet she is happier than ever!
