good day

I'm getting a little tired of updating in so many different places in addition to endless phone calls with family and friends so I'll just put this here. No knitting or spinning content once again. Hopefully some before too long. ~sigh~

We had a really good day today. I mean, it sucked getting up at 6AM so I could go over (in the last few days, he was released from ICU to outpatient care [still stunned at that], stayed one night with me and then went home-where it's quieter and undoubtedly healthier without 27 kids, an ark full of pets and a crapton of various dirty sheep fleeces) and help him get ready to be at the hospital at 8 for his burn treatment and dressing change. It sucked that he got different nurses than yesterday and they double teamed him with the scrubbing so it hurt more today and he had to ask them to stop for a minute several times. And it sucked that the nurse who did the dressings likes her bandages tight...um...so tight he can't move (when he absolutely needs to to maintain and regain range of motion) and can barely breathe? And it sucks that I'm having to learn how to treat dry healing burn, wet healing burn and deep burns that still need debriding so that I can do his treatment and dressings over the weekend because the clinic isn't open on weekends.

But it's good that I can do this (I can do this, right? I have to do it myself tomorrow, under nurse's direction) because I will listen when it's all too tight and not have to tweak and cut and tape it all back together later like I did today. And he gets to take a shower Sat., which probably won't feel all that great but he'll feel better when it's over.

It was coolish and sunny today so not too hot with all the bandages so his temp didn't go so high (102-103 degrees, I'm told burns do that and the layers of dressings around his core don't allow the heat to disperse). We had some nice talks and he's totally aware of the miracle his life is.

Skin graft surgery is scheduled for Weds. The burn doc will be in the clinic to reassess his burns on Tuesday so he may get lucky and put it off a third (fourth? I've lost count) time.
(doc schedules surgery, assesses the burns, decides there are signs of more healing going on so waits...grafts make terrible scars, the smaller grafts he needs, the smaller the scars)

He's waiting on a referral with a trauma therapist. I hadn't yet started this blog when my son was mugged and left for dead with a head injury at Christmas 2003 so there's another very bad/very good day in his (our) past. Lots to deal with.

I'm hoping we do good with the dressing changes at home so we won't have to go in every day. If we can get it down to couple times a week or so and maybe meet with the therapist the same days it would be cool.

Thank you so much for all of your thoughts and well wishes. Thank you to my SF friends for reaching out. And my Zombie Prom Date Knitters? You all kick ass with the awesome.