My son and DIL bought me a heated mattress pad about 3 years ago because I get so cold in the winter and I cannot lie down in a cold bed when I am so cold. But last year after my daughter heard of the blanket and the child, she harrassed me last year too take the mattress pad cover off. Almost had me scared too the point I almost took it off and throwed it away but I don't have quilts too cover the bed. Even with the bed heated sometimes I would get DH too put some throws over my feet and legs cause they were so cold. I found two quilts the other day in some things in our storage building but they need so much repair done to them. DH bought an old quilt at an estate sale a couple of months ago and it has some bad spots on the edges that need fixing. Guess he is trying to tell me I won't have the mattress cover this year. I always turned them on about 2 hours before going to bed and when he got in bed, he would turn his side off. I am just cold natured to the point of being miserable when winter gets here.