ER Visit #3

So Thursday, Lyston made his third appearance at the Hondo ER.  Third visit in two years.  The first trip was when he had just turned one and cut his finger on a can lid.  The second was this past August when he ran his eyebrow into a drawer (still has the scar for that one.) This third visit was by far the most serious. 
Matt and Lyston were down at the barn.  Matt had just finished welding a piece of metal, placed it at the back of the table, and told Lyston not to touch it since it was hot.  In the past, Lyston had heeded these warnings (He doesn't listen to anything else we say but has always avoided touching hot things.) I guess the temptation was too great this time. Lyston picked up the piece of metal and burned his hand. 
Matt took him to the ER (I was at home with Levi,) and the doctor determined they were second degree burns.  Lyston saw a hand specialist yesterday who said his hand should be fine (praise God!)  We just need to change the bandages daily for 2 weeks and keep it clean. The challenge will be keeping Lyston out of the dirt (which he loves) and keeping it wrapped (he's already taken it off once when he was suppose to be napping.)
Lyston's reflections on this crisis: "I won't touch metal again.  I will get a gun and shoot the metal that hurt me."