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Cake day: June 9th, 2023

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  • Close to twenty years now. No scars other than some very mild discoloration on my wrist. Most days even I can’t find it. The wrist got the brunt of the first, hottest steam, it’s likely it was pushing past second degree. I do recommend you avoid the sun on the first summer. The new skin is quite susceptible to sun damage and staining.

    I had a single, continuous, 1 inch tall boil from wrist to elbow, plus smaller ones around, and first degree burns on the rest of the arm, the chest, the face. Had to change bandages twice a day at the hospital initially (thankfully at walking distance from home and school at the time). Silver sulfadiazine is a miraculous cream. I still keep a small tub at home, too bad its shelf life is really short.

    The worst part was the ER. I got under a cold shower to ease the pain until someone could take me. The wait between leaving the shower until they could actually give me morphine was brutal agony. I asked for more but they said they couldn’t. Still hurt like hell.