"Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God our Father is to care for widows and orphans..."

Monday, December 6, 2010

Love my sometimes, heavily populated house!

Today was one of those days when a few minutes of quiet was hard to find.  As many of you reading this know, I babysit a child during the day.  Having two girls of my own, she adds another wonderful gift of excitement to the Perry house.  I have also recently begun picking up another child after kindergarten pick-up at school and bringing her home with us for a few hours.  I babysat her from 6 weeks-3 years so she's just another member of the family.  Well, today I had one more addition.  My 18 year old cousin is the older brother of the one I babysit daily.  Trying to explain the family tree here would be confusing so just roll with it....anyway, he had a propane accident yesterday at work and got frostbite on his hands/fingers.  Propane is stored somewhere around -98 degrees and it leaked onto his hands.  His fingers have such huge blisters on them that with the gauze and wrapping, he can't feed, dress or care for himself.  I had the wonderful privilege of being his caretaker today.  I used to babysit him as a little tyke so it was kind of fun to care for him again.  This afternoon I had 5 people to care for...it was loud and busy and FUN and WONDERFUL!!!  Sometimes I think I should have a house full of kiddos.  We'll see ;)  Keep my cousin in your prayers that he won't get any infection or long-term affects from the frostbite.  He sees a burn specialist tomorrow to see what happens next.  I would post a picture but it's pretty gross!

No comments:

Post a Comment