More burn blessings

We decided to redress my wound as was suggested.  I showered to remove the previous ointment and then Evelyn wrapped the arm with the supplies we had bought yesterday.  We went on to worship this morning, and I read the scripture.  I didn’t do very well, in my opinion.  I did, however, stepped on the Pastor’s toes because I explained some of the history of the Old Testament.  He had planned to say much of the same things in the sermon.  After the blessing of Holy Communion, we drove to Asheville for Sunday Brunch.  We enjoyed it and returned a gift card from Frankie Bones that had been mailed to Texas.  We drove through Asheville in a heavy rain but it stopped before we got to Canton.  We took a short nap before going to the monthly band concert.  Instead of coming home for popcorn, we went with the people from our church to an Italian restaurant and shared a Calzone.

Monday I went back to the Urgent Care to have my arm redressed.  I was really apprehensive about the treatment because de breing burn wounds is often painful.  Mine wasn’t.  The doctor had to cut the dead skin away but without much pain.  A nurse put some pads of Silverdine instead of the ointment and said to leave it on for 3 days.  That is good because Evelyn won’t have to dress it.  I was surprised that the doctor was very concerned about my keeping the dressing dry.  She said water increased the chances of infection.  She won’t even let me play golf because I might sweat too much.  I had left Evelyn at the rec center and returned for her.  We then visited the local newspaper and a weekly publication of mountain activities to place an announcement about our church garage sale in August.  I also tried to get an announcement broadcast on the radio station I listen to.  I don’t know whether it was successful or not.  We came home for lunch and rested during the afternoon.  Getting old wears us out.