Tuesday 10/27/09
Mike is waiting to go to surgery. It's 8:25am there and he has been waiting since before 7am. He is at the U of U Med Center again and will be there for the next 3-5 days. They are going to do a graft on the top of his head, revise his eyelids and look at a spot on his shoulder. He will most likely be back in the Burn Trauma Unit for recovery. Bette called and said he was getting anxious because he was waiting so long. He was supposed to be the 7am case.

I heard right when I said that insurance wants to send him to a Nursing Home. Bette is going to talk to the care coordinator today to see about alternate care. We think he needs more intensive care than what is offered in a nursing home facility.

When I talked with Mike on Sunday he was in good spirits. He couldn't wait to be able to use both of his hands and get gloves on to wipe his own backside. (those are not the words he used) I said we'd all be waiting for the happy news.

So, if you get this soon, pray for Mike during surgery. Bette will call me and let me know how everything went. I will also be calling the Burn Unit again daily while he is in there. So that means more reports...yay!

More later,
and so we go

Ja Cee