Yesterday was a turning point in Mason’s recovery.
Mason’s doctor, Dr. Uecker (pronounced EEE-ker), said that Mason does not need to go to the burn center in
San Antonio (yey!).
The wound care yesterday was the best yet.
Mason said it was an 8 out of 10 pain level, which seems high to me, but he said it was much better than usual.
They changed his PCA (patient controlled analgesia) from morphine to dilaudid, which still did not sedate him, but Mason said the pain was more manageable.
His hand looks really great – it is almost completely healed!
The plan as of now is to continue on the 6
th floor doing wound care under conscious sedation until the pain gets better, and then transferring him back up to the 8
th floor.
When his pain can be managed on
PO medications (by mouth), then they can send him home.
I don’t know how long that will be – maybe a week?
Specific prayer requests:
-Please pray for his mobility. He hasn’t been able to walk since the surgery debridement last Thursday. It is too painful to bear weight on his right leg.
-Please pray for no complications, such as pneumonia, infection, blood clots, etc.
Today marks two weeks since the accident. It feels like it happened months ago. I tried to go back to the girls’ house where I was living, but it was too hard. I felt so alone and sad away from my family. So I went back home and I think I will just stay at home until I feel ready to go back. I am trying to do school this week, but it is so hard to focus. I didn’t know it was going to be this hard.
Love,
Heidi
2 comments:
thanks for the update. he did seem much better yesterday than Monday. Monday was the worse I had seen him. Just seemed in so much pain and was really out of it. I'll keep praying for you guys.
I'm sorry, Heidi, that you're having to finish out the semester under such circumstances. I can only imagine how hard it would be to concentrate on school at a time like this. You will be in my prayers, along with Mason, of course. Praise God that he's doing better!
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