As parents our primary instinct is to look after the baby we have given life to. Sadly, try as we might, accidents do happen. A series of unfortunate events can play out on any given day, sometimes rendering you incapable of protecting the thing you love most in the world.
One mom, Tetyana Chernenko of Ukrania, needs our prayers after her 11-month-year-old boy Daniil fell into a bucket of boiling water, suffering severe burns all over his body.
She brought a bucket filled with boiling hot water into the bedroom and placed it on the floor near a table. Tetyana was going to mix it with cold water in a baby bath on top of the table.
Daniil was playing on the table near the bathtub. But, when his mother turned away for a few seconds, the child fell from the table into the bucket.
Tetyana told local reporters:
“I saw how he fell in the boiling water. I rushed to the bucket and pulled him out. I hugged him, then wrapped in a cotton cloth. When I unwrapped him I saw his skin was peeling off.”
Daniil was rushed to the hospital in Odessa in critical condition. Reportedly only the skin on the boy’s forehead, fingers, and toes avoided being scalded.
Heartbreaking pictures taken by Katherine Nozhevnikova, a volunteer from a local charity, show Daniil lying on a hospital bed.
Nurses said he got hoarse from constant crying caused by the unbearable pain. Doctors said they are doing everything possible to save his life, and they are trying to avoid talking about his chances of survival.
Vadim Shukhtin, the head of Odessa Region Clinical Hospital, said: “His condition is very serious. The boy receives all possible treatment and medication.”
Tetyana is in the hospital with her son. Media reports say the distraught mom cannot forgive herself for what happened to her child.
Police consider the incident an accident and do not blame the mother.
Sources: OpposingViews, The Sun