Burn, Baby, Burn

I was on the phone with my MIL this morning. I haven't talked to her for a while as she's been going through some stuff and I was much enjoying the conversation. I heard my cell phone ring with the special ring tone assigned to a specific group of friends, but didn't answer as I was on the other line. Then the call waiting on my home phone starts beeping, but I ignore that as well since I figured it was the same person. Then the ring tone on my cell again, but still I ignored. I finished my call with my MIL and then looked at the caller ID, but also saw there was a voice mail. I called and the tone of the message was brusque and a "this is business, call me back". This particular friend works at my kids school, so I dialed her back, thinking someone was in trouble, but who could it be and what could they have done. No such luck. As it turned out SB had spilled sodium hydro chloride on her arm during a science lab and was being treated, after a call to poison control, for a chemical burn. I headed to the school, in full blown panic attack mode, trying to reach friends or husband on the phone to talk me through the trip to school, but no such luck. Finally, I reached my friend the nurse, who talked me down off the ledge and offered to go to urgent care with me and SB, but she needed to take care of an appointment for her daughter first and then would meet me there. I got to school, found SB and the friend who had called me to let me know about the incident. We waited some more time for SB's arm to be under running water (it needed 45 minutes) and my friend stayed and talked with me. She knew I needed her. After the running water was done, we walked back to the main office to get insurance forms and such. As we were standing in the office, good my other good friend(the newly reblonded!) walks in and tells me that my friend the nurse is on her way to go with me to the ER or urgent care or whatever and that SHE is going to take nurse friends daughter to her appointment so that nurse friend can go with me. I was overwhelmed. I don't handle medical emergencies with my children well and I am panicky by nature and they all three know that. The fact that they all were trying to be there and hold my hand, literally and emotionally was beyond my ability to comprehend. I am blessed beyond belief with not only these friends, but my BFF and my friend bass girl as well. Truly blessed.

SB is fine by the way!lol! We went to the Dr., as per poison control. We are treating it as you would any other burn unless it blisters, which it does not look like it will at this point!