An Update on Noah's Hand

It was a week ago yesterday that Noah burned his hand.  It looks a lot better, but he lost the skin on his ring finger (about the size of a nickel).  I think that he will eventually lose the skin on his middle finger, starting from the base of his bottom knuckle to just above the the middle part and around the finger.  We have been keeping antibacterial ointment on it at all times.  For two reasons, the most obvious one is that we don't want an infection setting in, and the other is to keep it moist so that it doesn't dry up and the skin peel off.  We are trying to keep the dying skin on long enough for the new skin to form so it won't be as tender when the dead skin comes off.  He says it doesn't hurt, but I think he will be whistling a different tune if and when the skin comes off and it is still raw underneath.

I used the word skin a lot in this post!

P.S. An Operation Psych update coming soon.