Friday, 8/21/09
Mike went to surgery yesterday afternoon. Debridement of hands and arms was done. (that means the parts of the skin that was burned needed to be cleared away so there would be a good nutrient base to graft the new skin to) His lungs have produced more phlegm and the vent oxygen setting was turned up to 70% to keep the SaO2 level up. This morning the "sedation vacation" was forgone to keep him stable because there will be a CT (cat) scan of his head and cervical spine. His kidneys are functioning (yay). There is good urine output. more later
and so we go
JaCee