Beachgoers should take note of this story: a mother from Hillsborough County reported that her son, who was only two years old at the time, had suffered a terrible burn that was not a sunburn.
On Coquina Beach, Taiji Goodson said that her son, Armon, trod on a piece of charcoal that was quite hot, and he was thus sent to a nearby hospital.
In his explanation, Goodson stated, “I screamed with him.” I shed tears alongside him.
She went on to say, “I had the feeling that I was about to pass out.” “I was relaying to my sister that we have to hurry up and get to the car.”
When Goodson recalled, she said, “I’m forgetting my phone, baby bag, and everything else.” It is imperative that we make our way to the hospital as soon as possible.
Ja’Niya Davis, who is Goodson’s cousin, recounted the terror that occurred at that moment.
In a matter of seconds, she stated, a day spent at the beach celebrating Memorial Day transformed into a chaotic situation.
“My mother was like, ‘What’s wrong, what’s wrong?’ and I was like, gasping for air, and I just started screaming,” Davis recounted. The only thing I could do was shove my hand in her face and say, “My hand!” I was unable to speak.
The explanation that Davis provided was that someone had buried hot charcoals in the sand.
Not only did she experience the sensation of her skin peeling off of her hand, but she also had to witness Armon experiencing the same pain on his foot.
“Just picture your skin peeling off in a matter of seconds and you being completely unaware of it,” she said. “As soon as I put my hand in there, my skin immediately peeled off,” the speaker observed.
Armon was initially evacuated to Sarasota Memorial Hospital, and then he was transferred to Tampa General Hospital, according to Goodson.
He is going to have a hard road to recovery, according to her.
On Wednesday, Davis went through the process of having surgery.
I was knocked out, and I honestly don’t know how my hand looks,” Davis said. “I was knocked out.” “I have no recollection of such things.”
She went on to say, “I just know that they told me that they were going to remove all of the skin and clean my hand.” “I won’t know how it appears until the following week,” she said.
Davis expressed his discomfort by saying, “I just know it’s burning and very, very uncomfortable.”
Nicole Rogers, a reporter for News Channel 8, posed the following question to her: “What would you recommend to people who are going to be at the beach this summer?”
According to Davis’s response, “In order to pour some cold water down, just check your areas for you and your children, and make sure that you always keep your shoes on.” “Please exercise caution.”
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