On Thursday I learnt a big lesson about not taking my eyes off Brendon for a second. We were in the front room as I was on the computer. I had just turned the gas heater off minutes earlier. I took my eyes off Brendon for a few seconds, he crawled over to the heater and put his hand on the glass cover which was still hot. He screamed out and I turned around to see a sight that still haunts me...him standing up against the heater with his hand still on it, crying. I jumped up and grabbed him, his hand was probably only on there a second or two, but it was enough to burn him. After calling the parent help line,I called 000 and the paramedics came out and had a look. They said it wasn't too bad, but best to get the burns unit at the Womens and Childrens hospital to look at it. So Brendon and I had a trip to the hospital in the back of the ambulance. We will be going back to the hospital today to have the dressing changed and to see how it is healing up. The burns nurse said it can be a few days after a burn happens before they really know how much damage has been done. So Brendon is doing a Michael Jackson impersonation with one glove on, and as happy as he always is. The hand doesn't seem to be giving him any bother, thank goodness.
So my lesson was that there is nothing so important that needs to be done on the computer that means not paying attention to my son.
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