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BLACKWELL: Just in to CNN. House Speaker Boehner says he'll make a vote on Superstorm Sandy a top priority, but not until the new session. Boehner outraged lawmakers in the hard-hit northeast area when he refused to bring the matter to a vote yesterday. Some lawmakers, including fellow Republican Peter King of New York, called the sleight disgraceful. The best moment of yesterday's Rose Bowl parade in Pasadena was -- probably able to bring a tear to your eye because an army sergeant who was deployed to Afghanistan stepped off a parade float and surprised his wife and little boy three months early. He was</s>HANNAH STORM, ESPN ANCHOR: I didn't know what to do other than I'm left-handed, reach and get the shirt off as much as possible. That's why my hand is so badly damaged. I yelled inside to my 15-year-old daughter who was in the kitchen, "Mommy's on fire, you have to call 911."</s>BLACKWELL: "Mommy is on fire". I cannot imagine. She looks great. Senior medical correspondent Elizabeth Cohen is back with us. First and second degree burns. How serious, how do you treat these? It's unbelievable when we see those pictures. She's being really open about this.</s>ELIZABETH COHEN, SENIOR MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: It's so wonderful that she's being so open because people do need to be careful when they're grilling at home. It's wonderful to see how well she's doing. This was just three weeks ago. So first and said degree burns are serious. We can see in these pictures, here it's no little thing. It can cause blistering. You see I think those are probably scars from the blisters, that intense redness. This is over a pretty significant part of her body. She does absolutely the right thing. You don't want to treat this at home. You're going to call 911 to get medical attention immediately.</s>BLACKWELL: She's back after three weeks off from this burn. She has said that she wanted to kiss the makeup artist when they first put on their first eyebrow and she's wearing hair extensions. But she looks great. Is this level of recovery so soon typical?</s>COHEN: You know, I think she really is doing terrific. She really is. I mean to come back after three weeks, she looks terrific. She looks like she's full of energy, even after having gone through this incredible trauma. I was talking to a specialist that people have done this. If the burn is treated mealy and treated well. It sounds like they got terrific care at a place that specializes this, you can come back, but other people aren't so lucky. They don't necessarily get the exact care at the exact right moment</s>BLACKWELL: Aside from the physical scars, there are lots of emotional scars, not just for her, but also for her daughters.</s>COHEN: I mean Can you imagine being 15 years old and hearing mommy is on fire? What a great 15-year-old. She obviously got to work, got on the phone and called 911, yes, this is a different things to get over. There will be scars most likely for a while. I was talking to a specialist, those scars may not look like what we just saw forever, but there will likely be some scars forever, but chances are she's not in pain. The pain goes away after a shorter period of time.</s>BLACKWELL: That's good to know. She looks great, she's back at work. Of course we wish her the best. Elizabeth Cohen thank you.</s>COHEN: Thanks.</s>BLACKWELL: I'm Victor Blackwell, thank you for joining us today. CNN NEWSROOM continues right now with Ashleigh Banfield.