My brother had a battery blow up in his face :(
 

Last night my little brother, well he's not little he is 6ft 4in and 25 yrs old, was charging batteries for my son and his son's remote controlled cars and a battery pack blew up in his face. He was home with just his 10mos old daughter who was thankfully on the other side of the gate (good thinking Daddy) when it happened as it blew battery acid and peices everywhere. He had his cell in his pocket and called 911 and my parents. He spent 8 hours in the ER getting his eyes flushed and facial wounds cleaned. They called in an optomotrist to get all the pieces off his eyes and he went to see the opt againt this morning at 8:30. He has scratches in both eyes and some scarring in the left, that is the one they are worried about. His eyes are completely swollen shut right now and will be for 5-6 days they say. He is just miserable not being able to see. It's times like this when you don't realize the value of the everyday things like sight. It won't be until he can open them that they will know how serious the permanant damage is. As of right now they are expecting the left eye to be permanately damaged and partial loss of sight. :( He has to go to the eye doc daily until at least friday. The burns on his face from the battery acid will heal with minimal scarring they think, but we have dealt with a very good cosmetic surgeon from my numerous surgeries from my motorcycle wreck that he will see if not.
I know I have asked for P&PT recently for my Dad, and I hate to ask for more, but my brother needs them. He is a truck/delivery driver for Innova and his sight is what he needs to work and support his family of 6. Any P&PT you guys could spare we could really use them again.

TIA everyone, I will post updates as I receive them from Mom and his fiance. :)

Wow, so sorry. Sending postitive thoughts, hugs and strength to your little brother.

What a freak accident! How devastating! I am praying he will not lose his sight and the doctors will know what to do so he'll heal quickly and completely.

Oh man what a freak accident indeed but now we'll all be careful around those battery packs. Many prayers coming to your brother and family from me and Izzy.:(

Keep us posted.

Oh wow what a terrible and unexpected thing to happen. Healing thoughts and prayers for your Brother

How awful! I can't tell you how many battery packs I've changed out for my boys over the years. :eek: Your whole family will be in my thoughts and prayers.

Oh wow! What a tragic accident. Sending prayers and positive healing thoughts from Va.

OMG!! That is horrible! Praying that everything turns out okay and his sight is fine!:(

Oh Erin My Thoughts and Prayers are with your Family I am so sorry he has to be going though this....
(((((HUGS))))))

Erin, what is your brother's name? I will be praying for him. Thank God his little girl is ok and that your brother acted so quickly. I pray for complete healing and for peace of mind and patience as he goes without his eyes for the next few days

Erin, I am so very sorry! I will keep your brother and his family in my thoughts and prayers. I am sssooo glad that your little neice was far enough away so she didn't get hurt. I have never heard of that happening.... how tragic!

:eek: .... OMG ... what a terrible Accident ....

Prayers are on there way .... I am so sorry ... I have no words right now ....:(

prayer is a powerful thing .....sending some your way

Best wishes for your brother

i am so sorry about your brother. I cant imagine how scared he must be feeling right now without being able to see, and not knowing what damage has been caused :( I hope he recovers 101% and remember through prayer and with the lord on our side all things are possible. I will say a prayer for him

I am so sorry that terrible accident happened to your brother. :( I hope he regains complete site in both his eyes. Miracles can happen and I pray that one does for your brother & his family. :hands:

Thank you YT family..........
 

His name is Kevin. :)

Yes when I heard Olivya was there with him alone I freaked. Thank goodness he had the baby gate up and her on the other side of it. This is something he has done hundreds of times, as my Dad got him into RC car racing at a very young age and he progressed into 1100cc dwarf car racing. Now him and my Dad are getting the younger boys in the family into it. I guess he noticed a smell and saw it was starting to swell so he took it to the sink and turned around to get a metal pan to cover it and as soon as he turned back around it happened. He was 2-3 seconds to late. :(
Kevin is staying at my mom's house so she can help him and his fiance can continue to work as he can't right now. She also has my niece there with her so she has been a busy Mom/Grandma. Mom said he has slept all day since he got back from the opthamologist, as he put him on Demeral, 2 antibiotics and something else just can't think of what it was. He wakes up and is so frusterated due to the pain and not being able to see, can't even go to the restroom by himself. :( I just pray the swelling goes down sooner so he can use his sight and there is no infection and no/minimal loss of sight that surgery can repair. Kevin had put in for vacation for this whole week so he was already off work but is hoping his company will use his medical as a paid leave of absense so to say and save his vacation time for when he can enjoy it. I told him not to be worrying about that now, just work on staying positive, though it's has to be so hard right now. His job stuff can wait, this can't.

Thank you all so very much for your prayers, positive thoughts and comments on recovery. My Mom is about at her breaking point with everything that has happened in the past year, she so just needs everyone to be in good health so she can relax and take a breather! Dad has been having issues from his stents and now this. I better stay home and not get hurt, she would kick my butt if I did, lol!

OMG ! Prayers for your brother coming right now ~....

That's awful :(:(... I hope he has a full recovery...he must be so scared

How scary. I will keep him in my prayers for a full recovery.

Praying that your brother and all his loved ones have a speedy recovery....

I'm so sorry. :( Never feel bad asking for thoughts and prayers - there are some things in this world that we can keep giving away no matter how much gas costs! :)

I sincerely pray that he makes a speedy and complete recovery and that he is able to cope with the future.

PS - My brother's name is Kevin too. :) And we had a sister (she was stillborn) named Erin! How funny! :)

Oh Erin, definately sending prayers to you and your brother and family that everything turns out alright...what a horrible accident....:eek:

How awful! I'll keep Kevin in my prayers, for sure.

Sending :hands: for yr brother, Kevin! I know this must have happened so quickly. I'm glad he had his cell phone right there & was able to think quickly to call 911. So scary! Pray that the medicine can comfort him as much as possible & a speedy recovery.

Sending prayers for your brother that he will not have any permanent damage. What a horrible accident. Sounds like your family has had it's share already. I'd tell them not to do any racing. ;)

I am sending prayers for Kevin. I pray he will have a speedy recovery and his vision will return to normal.

I didn't even know such a thing could happen. :eek: Hope Kevin is better soon.

Oh Erin! So sorry. Prayers coming from FL!
now you hurry up and finish nursing school!!!
Sounds like he really needs you now!

I am so sorry to hear about this and sorry I didn't post sooner, just read it today. Kevin is in my thoughts and prayers & I pray he has no permenant damage to his sight. This had to be so scary for him, specially being home with the baby by himself, thank God she was on the other side of the gate! Please keep us updated as you're able.