Steam {mop} burn

Not my brightest moment, I must say... Last Wednesday, Ethan had a little playdate with a friend from church and I took full advantage of the time he was gone to clean around the house... laundry, dishes, general pick-up and I was able to sweep and mop the kitchen and dining room. When we got home I swept up the living room and then mopped it with our steam mop and set it at an angle against the wall while the floor dried because I didn't want to walk across still-wet floors to unplug it. A few minutes later I unplugged it, took the pad off and threw it in the laundry room and was just going to wrap up the cord when a friend called. I answered my phone and then set the mop down on my foot... where it proceeded to let out a fresh burst of steam.... all over my poor, unsuspecting foot!!

It took a few moments for the pain to really kick in and when it did it HURT! Holy moly. Cold rag was pointless. That baby was warmed up again in a matter of seconds! Eventually I ended up in the recliner with my feet up, cold rag on foot and then an ice pack. Every time I adjusted the rag, it was ice cold everywhere but the section directly over the burn.... even 2 HOURS after the fact. I took 3 ibuprofen and it was still a couple hours before the throbbing really stopped.

This was my foot a couple hours after the initial burst of steam. If you look closely, you can make out a little square in the middle of the splattering of 1st degree burn. The square came from the grid on the mop head where the steam was released. Not a pretty picture. My friend gave me a leaf? vine? of their aloe plant to use and that helped a lot the first night.

Five days later, this is where I'm at. The splattering is gone and I'm left with the square in the middle that has blistered a little. Lovely, I know. I'm just keeping my fingers crossed that I am not left with a pretty little square scar on my foot!!