the pics you've all been waiting for. eek.

fun fact of the day: burns get worse over time. like, a lot worse.

so what my mother referred to as "saggy panty hose skin" in my pics from day one, quickly escalated to something out of a hollywood movie's special effects make-up department. I assumed that on that first night they would remove all of my dead skin layers, and then underneath would be something like a bad sunburn. I mean, that happens right? You get burnt in the sun, your skin peels… then bam a couple days of aloe vera gel on your skin and you're back to normal.

Yea, well…. that's not exactly what happen. Shit got real, really fast. You may also understand better as to why I was kept in the ICU for 12 days & have been out of work recovering for the past 3 weeks after looking at the photos below. If you're faint of heart, or have a weak stomach feel free to scroll past the pics.

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here's my stomach:
(#sidenote - they pump you FULL of protein shakes to help your skin regenerate while you're in there. so, i may or may not have gained weight slash been bloated... just saying.)

my thigh, which is the worse of my burns:

& my hand, which sadly I didn't take pics of in the beginning but really healed at an insane pace:
(please peep the #nailgame as well, always on point… even in the ICU.)

Note that a lot of the 'Day 21' pics of my stomach and thigh are actually from today. I took them this morning when changing my bandages. I'm not exactly out of the weeds just yet… but I'm getting there.
Percocet, ointments, and positive vibes go a long way.

ps. my next post, entitled 'the dummies guide to burn phases' should help you decipher exactly what's going on in the above pics.