Thankful for My Family

I would like to start off by saying that I have an amazing family. We have been through the good and bad together and have always stuck by one another.

This past Saturday night Matt and I were out with friends for dinner. I got a call from my sister saying that my mother had a grease accident at her second job as a chef. I immediately started making calls to people to figure out where to go from there. My uncle was on his way to the hospital with her and in trying not to scare her told me it was okay. Once he was able to talk to my sisters without my mom around he said it was pretty bad and we needed to get to the hospital as soon as we could.

Let me back track really quick to Friday night with a special on 20/20. A girl had sulfuric acid splashed on her face and therefore lost "her" face. This is the image I had in my mind.

So I cried all the way to the hospital and once I got there I was able to see her. She was able to talk to me and seemed to be okay. If you know my mother she could be in the worst pain possible and act like it is no big deal. She had a towel over her face so I was unable to see any of the burns. My other sister went back soon after and saw the burns and realized that it was much better than we thought.

Because the burns were pretty severe, at the time not sure if they were 3rd degree or not, they sent her to a hospital 5that had a burn unit. There they determined that 15% of her body was covered in 2nd degree burns....which is great. this means that none of her under layer of her skin died and it should all be able to heal without surgery.

They sent her home on Sunday and my sister has pretty much been keeping up with her wrappings and medication. On Monday morning she woke up and had trouble breathing so she went back to the hospital. Everything checked out okay and she went home soon after.

I went to work on Monday but realized that I was worrying about her the entire time. So I decided to take off Tuesday and Wednesday to with her. She kept telling me she did not need me to be there all day with her. I realize that but knew for my own sake I wanted to be with her.

My entire family was at the hospital on Saturday night and she has had so many visitors. Not only has family come by to see her but also so many friends. We are blessed to has such a close family that cares so much for one another. I do not know what I would do without them as a support group. I also do not know what I would do without my mother....she is the most amazing woman I know. For all of you moms out there, thank you for all you do.