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Worried senior

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7. When I was three or four years old

Reply to jmowreader (Original post)

Tue Jul 1, 2014, 05:28 PM

Jul 2014

I was down by my grandparents house; they were watching me overnight.

Grandma gave me a dish of jello and told me to stay by the chair, eat it & not to move. Well, as luck would have it as she turned from the old fashioned wood stove with a pan of boiling sugar water I ran thru and took the brunt of the boiled syrup over my head.

I was very lucky to not have scars and of course grandma felt terrible.

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Today's Safety Warning: Do not make hard candy when you're half asleep [View all] jmowreader Jun 2014 OP

I'd have been at the Urgent Care place by now! Bacitracin is your friend! WinkyDink Jun 2014 #1

I prefer neosporin, but bacitracin works too jmowreader Jun 2014 #2

An ER doc told me Bacitracin was better for burns, 'cuz I'm a Neosporin kind o'gal usually. I got a WinkyDink Jul 2014 #4

Oh NO. elleng Jun 2014 #3

Hot sugar is the worst! It sticks to the skin and keeps on burning! hedgehog Jul 2014 #5

The woman I buy flavoring from calls it "kitchen napalm" jmowreader Jul 2014 #6

"Kitchen Napalm" Nac Mac Feegle Jul 2014 #8

When I was three or four years old Worried senior Jul 2014 #7