I had a nasty accident at home about 6 hours ago, spilled hot black tea on my right foot – I was wearing a thin cotton sock, no other footware. I think I can detect blistering starting to form.
Straight away I stuck the foot in a bucket of cold water to try to get the heat out of the injured area. Reasonably successful but twice more since then I’ve had to put it under cold running water in the shower recess.
It’ll be another 12 hours until the next available appointment at my medical clinic, so I may have to drive 15 km to the nearest 24-hour public hospital if I can modify some slippers so as not to put any pressure on the cooked area.
Plus it’s illegal to drive barefoot in this state.
It’s been most distracting, I’ve not been able to get any sleep cos of the pain.