Earlier today, I cleaned my oven for the first time in 5+ years. As I wiped away indescribable gunk and fought a persistent urge to vomit, I wondered what the heck is in Easy Off, and how it is capable of reducing 5 years' worth of gross baked-on miscellany to a noxious, viscous goo.
About an hour later, the index finger on my left hand began to tingle and hurt. I looked down to discover that it had turned the color of white-out. Panicked, I ran and washed my hands. It looked worse. I rushed downstairs and put olive oil on it (I don't know why). I reread the Easy Off container. It said simply, "wash hands after use." I had. Also, I used only my right hand to wipe away the nasty guck in my oven. So what the heck had happened to my left hand? And would it eat away the skin until only bone remained? Would I lose a finger? (Isn't it lovely how rational the panicked, terrified mind can be?) I finally coated the finger with neosporin, which seems to have helped. It no longer looks like I dipped my finger in white paint. But it still tingles a bit in a painful way, so I figured I would post an awesome link rather than trying to type an entire blog post with my right hand and my left ring finger.
So click here for the top 25 adoption/foster care mom blogs. I follow several of these, and am excited to start reading the rest.
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