Today I am Thankful for: First Aid Skills

My handiwork on mom's finger.

The stick blender. Mwahahaha!

Well, it's kind of a long story, but the other night, for the first time, I used the first aid skills that I learned in my first aid class. My mom was in the kitchen making dinner, and she used her stick blender to whir up a dressing she was making so it was smooth. And all of the sudden I hear her yelling and saying she needs help. So, Maddy rushes in there to see what the problem is, and I knew since she was in the kitchen that she had probably cut herself. So, I rushed to my room to grab my first aid kit. Well, she had left this stick blender plugged in and she decided to clean it. So, she was wiping it up on the inside where the blades are, and she accidentally pressed the on button. So, it started doing it's little blending thing, and it cut her finger. She was claiming she may need stitches and that she needed dad to take care of her. So, Maddy went to get dad and I got all my first aid stuff that I thought I may need out. Scissors, gauze, medical tape, a bandaid, all that good stuff. Well, my dad came out and finally got my mom to take the towel off from around her finger, and there was only a teensy speck of blood there. So, we quickly put the gauze and tape around it to keep it from bleeding, and then she sat and iced it. As it turns out, though her finger was bruised and the cut was deep, it was a very small cut, and she was fine the next day. But, I am thankful that I had the knowledge to know what to do while I waited for dad, and I'm thankful that I was able to stay calm, because mom most certainly was not. Heehee! So, that's my story.... I didn't have a letter from Aaron today, not that I was expecting one, since I got one yesterday, so, that's all for today!
1 John 5:3 "For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome."