Monday afternoon:
The Mom report:
Bette was with Mike all day (as almost every day) and she said he was really awake this morning. He kept forgetting to keep still and tried to move his arms around so the nurses finally sandwiched his arms between pillows and strapped them together so he couldn't damage his face. It's back to the OR tomorrow. Bette seems frustrated, and rightfully so, that he just starts to wake up and then it's back to surgery and sedation for another week. Roller coaster, remember? It's too bad Martin and Brenda (Mike's friends) weren't there today when he was awake. So if anyone visits Mike and plan to stay a day or two, check with Bette to see his status and to see if you should come back, kay?

One of the pins in the fingers is too deep so they will pull it out a bit tomorrow. They will probably do homografts on his shoulders. Temporary grafts to promote healing. They found a source for infection! yay! It's a urinary tract infection, so now they can treat it.

Bette says Mike says he's not in pain. He slept for about 3 hours in the afternoon. It's tough between wanting him to be sedated or awake and communicating. So let's just wish him pain free and infection free healing.

More later,
and so we go
JaCee