Yesterday Mike went to surgery later in the morning-midday and had skin grafts done on his hands up to mid upper arms. The donor sites were packed and wrapped with ace bandages as part of the procedure. There was some blood loss and he will probably get some blood today, according to the night nurse, Ericka. The doctor, Dr. Saffle (attending) and Dr Mawhinny (resident) think that it went well. Mike also got a trach, as mentioned earlier. They are trying to back off on the paralyzing agent to see if they could wake up Mike. He's not so cooperative with that and so they are waiting to see what happens. Last night they tried a sedation holiday and it sounds like Mike is actually breathing on his own a bit. He is not as awake as they would like so a Cat scan of his head may be done. It was scheduled for yesterday but actually did not get done. The CT machine is located on a different floor than the burn unit and Mike's oxygenation was not cooperating so they cancelled the test. The generic answer for "how's he doing?" is, as usual, "He's holding his own" with the caveat; "for the extent of his injuries". I tend to pry and ask more questions so that is why you get a more medical approach to what's happening. I also want to give a running report so you can focus your thoughts and prayers to those areas in need...."please wake up Mike"...I told the night nurse to tell him to "Press on Tiger" It's something our father used to say and maybe it will trigger something in him to keep moving forward.
more later
and so we go
JaCee
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