Day 71: Thursday, June 14, 2012

The last couple days have went pretty well.

Dallas went to PT and OT Wednesday.  He worked for about 30 minutes with OT and was so worn out from the previous days, that he just couldn't do any more.  So after an hour of being there, they let him go home.  After therapy, I took the kids to build a bear and they made a bear for their daddy for father's day.  They had a great time.  After that, Dallas was ready for a nap... so we went home. 

Dallas had his clinic visit Thursday morning.  Dr. Zeller said things are looking good.  The staple still hasn't come out of his arm, so she tried to get it out. Not a success.  He squirmed and screamed and was very anxious.  So she set up the sedation suite for July 2nd, since he's supposed to be there for clinic with Dr. Molnar.   So hopefully it'll be a relatively quick procedure. 
Dana (the OT at wake forest) fixed his mask.  She didn't seem to be in agreement with the fabric mask, she said that they tend to flatten out facial features and don't properly give compression.  But if that's the case, why would he be wearing it on his body?  So we're still going to have him fitted for it.  It makes more sense to wear something that's breathable, as well as comfortable.  It's gotta help more than nothing. 

Dallas' second compression garment still hasn't come in.  I hope it does over the weekend.  He really needs the second one so that he can start wearing them 23 hours a day, like he's supposed to.

Dallas' Methadone wean is going well.  He doesn't seem to be withdrawing too much.  He's sweating more than usual, but that could also be due to the compression garment.

Itching has been getting so much worse.  Dallas is scratching more and more, and has ended up pulling off two big pieces of skin off his donor sites on his legs. Now those spots are hurting him constantly, so it's bothering him more.  His face is also itching very badly.  I'm terrified that he's going to tear skin off his face.  He already has near his ear... so it's something we have to watch constantly.

Hopefully Dallas will have a good weekend.