Thursday afternoon:
The "mom" report:
Aunt Edna went home yesterday.
Bette stayed until the dressing change at 2:30pm today..They got a bit of excitement when they were turning Mike to clean his back and change linens. His oxygen saturation went down to 69%. Bette says there was some quick scrambling by several people and they got it back fairly quickly. There was quite a bit of adrenalin for a couple of minutes. The grafts on his arms are coming along nicely. The back of his head and some on his shoulders still look pretty rough. His face grafts look good. The donor sites on his legs and thighs are healing well. His back is pretty well peeled. He has to stay on his back awhile longer until the face heals a bit more. He has thrush. (oral yeast infection).

While they are planning to have Mike in a continued sedated state tomorrow, Bette is heading to Idaho to check on things with the cleaning company and other stuff, like checking on cabinets for Mike's side of the house, etc. Chris is meeting with inspectors tomorrow and hopes to get started on the wiring. He is going to put the family to work: Karen, Steven (and his girlfriend) Thanks guys!

Just wanted to comment on Mike's condition. The day nurse, Sarah, said they had just loosened up a big mucus plug and he desaturated so they sucked him out. She said they had a little excitement but got him stabilized. His blood pressure was a little high. There are nor real other issues. They are paying attention to vitals. Urine output is great. They did a takedown on his arms. The left shoulder will most likely need regrafting. The biggest part is that his arms are healing As well. The face graft is too new to see what will happen. There are pins in the fingers, yes, right into the fingers...IN the bones.....Reminds me of a Bruce Lee film when the bad guys were torturing a person by putting bamboo skewers into the ends of someone's fingers....ouch (remember that Movie? was it the big boss? aagh...help!)

Okay, I guess the point that I try to remember is: You should never take anything for granted. Michael is alive. We are so thankful for that. Please keep praying for him. Thank you.

More later,
and so we go
JaCee