A Good Day

Heather seems to be doing really well today, though she gets tired quickly. She has not been on the ventilator at all since Friday morning and it seems that she will not go back on it again. She actually seems more comfortable off it than on now. She continues to breathe through her tracheostomy with an oxygen mask right in front of it. Occasionally she plugs her tracheostomy with a "button" and breathes through her mouth and nose, with oxygen in her nose; however, this is still exhausting to her after a while.

The doctor and nurses changed her wound dressings today. Dr. Morris said that her legs look quite good, but that he wants to wait a few more days to see if the cadaver grafts will adhere a little better. He looked at the cellulitis that is now on both of her hips. He said that he was not too concerned about, and that it is probably caused largely by her lack of movement. He seemed to feel that it would resolve. The next step is to look at the wounds again on Tuesday to see if she is ready for autografts.

She is enjoying eating very small amounts of food, though her stomach isn't used to food after being off it for a month.