Day 43 Written May 19, 2012 8:09pm
Dallas had a restful night. He woke up in the middle of the night wanting to play the game, but went back to sleep. He finally got up a little after 6am. Dallas' main complaint now is itching, it is getting completely uncontrollable. Around 9am, the nurse gave him Vitamin C, Zinc, his Atarex, Zantac, and Adavan, not five minutes after that, he began throwing up; so all his medicine didn't even have a chance to be absorbed. He really needed his Atarex (itcy medicine) and Adavan (the medicine used to wean him off the Versed). Hopefully he won't itch too terribly bad.
Dallas' dressing change was another difficult one. The worst part is him anticipating the pain. He ends up screaming in terror, shaking, etc. But, even though it's so scary for him, he is healing more and more with each change. His donor sites are looking so much better, some little areas are already healed; however, there are still a large portion of areas continuing to heal. His grafted areas look ok. There are portions where granulated tissue is forming, but other areas that are healing very nicely. After Dallas' dressing change, he wanted to walk to use the bathroom! A wonderful step towards recovery.
Shortly after the dressing change, PT came in to work with Dallas. His therapist
wanted to take him to the 7th floor to look at the train and large screen projector. We were going to have him walk to the bear chair, then wheel him to the elevator, and once we got there, let him walk around. Dallas had other plans; he wanted to walk all the way to the elevator, so we did that, then he walked from the elevator to the projection screen and watched the different videos playing. After that, he walked to the train, turned the switches on, and watched it for a little while, then turned it back off. He was pretty tired by that point, so he walked to the bear chair, and was wheeled from that point on. The walking was supported (mostly), but he did much better than yesterday.
Gregg came up here again today. Dallas wanted a chicken nugget happy meal, so he picked one up for him. Dallas ate all but one chickn nugget and drank two cups of apple juice! Such an improvement. After Dallas finished eating, he took a nap, falling asleep next to daddy. He is getting some much needed rest, he wore himself out this afternoon.
The doctors said that they would be taking Dallas to the sedation room early next week so that his face mask can be made. At that time, they will also do the silver nitrate to the granulated areas on his body, and possibly a few on his face (near his ears). It'll be easier for them to do that while he is already asleep, rather than putting him through even more pain and trauma.
Since they are talking about letting him possibly go home next week, I will be going to get the house ready for his return, and will bring Kiana back with me Monday.
Shortly after the dressing change, PT came in to work with Dallas. His therapist
wanted to take him to the 7th floor to look at the train and large screen projector. We were going to have him walk to the bear chair, then wheel him to the elevator, and once we got there, let him walk around. Dallas had other plans; he wanted to walk all the way to the elevator, so we did that, then he walked from the elevator to the projection screen and watched the different videos playing. After that, he walked to the train, turned the switches on, and watched it for a little while, then turned it back off. He was pretty tired by that point, so he walked to the bear chair, and was wheeled from that point on. The walking was supported (mostly), but he did much better than yesterday.Gregg came up here again today. Dallas wanted a chicken nugget happy meal, so he picked one up for him. Dallas ate all but one chickn nugget and drank two cups of apple juice! Such an improvement. After Dallas finished eating, he took a nap, falling asleep next to daddy. He is getting some much needed rest, he wore himself out this afternoon.
The doctors said that they would be taking Dallas to the sedation room early next week so that his face mask can be made. At that time, they will also do the silver nitrate to the granulated areas on his body, and possibly a few on his face (near his ears). It'll be easier for them to do that while he is already asleep, rather than putting him through even more pain and trauma.
Since they are talking about letting him possibly go home next week, I will be going to get the house ready for his return, and will bring Kiana back with me Monday.
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