LOL Burnt his hand making French fries? I make fries at least once a week, I don't know if I should ask if they were the frozen kind, I make mine starting with the potato, then again that involves a knife, maybe Macie should just stay away from the kitchen.

River

Wow! Poor Mac sure manages to have all the bad luck. My first thought was for his pain and the recovery process -- then I realized that he is going to have some nasty new bills to pay on top of all the rest.... [tears]

In a word OUCH! Just one more example of why fried foods are bad for you. I hope the skin graft works out for him.

OF those who have spoken to him, did he say where they were taking the skin for the graft from?

My fool of a maother had me frying chicken when I was younger than puberty. And we had small children running around. But for the grace of God, . . . .

On the other hand, fried chicken is one of the things that makes living in Louisana tolerable.

In talking to him, and the experance Ive had with my brother and his burns, they generally take the skin grafts from the upper thighs,

Ken

Blaise-

Why do you live in a place you dislike?

The Lurker (imported) wrote: Fri Aug 01, 2008 2:03 pm Blaise-

Why do you live in a place you dislike?

There are people who live in places they like? I once lived in Indiana. I once lived in San Francisco and La Jolla. On the whole, the food in Louisiana does account for a lot of pleasure. However, the razor clams in La Jolla were good, the vegetables in Indiana were tasty, and the vegetables and fruits in San Francisco were good, but Louisiana food is just something from a universe of its own. So I live here!

Linda would not live in Oregon or any other place where I wanted to live. I just settled here after that. I recall a wonderful scene in the movie True Confessions. One place is about as good as another for burial.

Must have been really bad. Hope he is not right handed. Best wishes for a speedy recovery. On the bright side at least he didn't wind up with a french fried hot dog and biscuits. Now THAT would have been really painful, not to mention the subsequent skin grafts.

I want to telephone MacTheWolf later today. I have long wanted to meet him.

Burns are just awful. I worked one summer as a hospital chaplain intern. I recall meeting people on our burn ward. Annie Dillard, who wrote Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, wrote about a burn victim in her book Holy the Firm. She wrote that no one can imagine how painful a burn is.

I don't think anyone can imagine that human being can suffer such pain. In Louisiana, we have them from accidents in refineries, but I recall a victim who was trapped after a highway crash in Houston. She lived a few hours after suffering horrible burns.

I just spoke with Mac and learned some of the details of his adventure with frying potatoes. Incredibly, when he needed to dial 911 right after the burn, his own phone was not working. He had to run out and get a neighbor to call for help. He says he will never fry anything again! Who can blame him?

He rates the food on a scale of +1 (MacDonald's) to +10 (excellent) at a minus 5. I have had the misfortune of eating hospital food so I relate. I think he said the food was nonetheless better than his own meatloaf

He had the graft surgery yesterday and was in quite a bit of pain for about half a day. The good news is he has been pain-free ever since. He gets up every evening for a walk around the hospital. He didn't mention anything about chasing nurses, tugon , so they are apparently just as safe as you said. OTOH, I did not question him too closely there!

The bandages will come off Monday and at that point the doctor will see how everything is healing. Then he'll find out if he gets to go home a day or two later. He also said the typical stay is a week after the surgery.

I will check back with him Monday evening to get the latest info.