Great Legs!

Today Heather's day started out great. She seemed to be feeling great. She worked really hard in her physical therapy and was off the ventilator for two hours. She was quite exhausted after all that. She also had a dressing change on her legs, largely for the purpose of looking at the wounds to find out if she is ready for grafts. The doctor said that her legs looked great (I'm trying to keep my jealousy under control.), and that the wounds look ready for homografts. So, tomorrow she will go to surgery in the afternoon for the grafting and to get a new tube for her tracheostomy. They will put a smaller tube in so that she can plug it off and force air around the tube to talk. Last week when they plugged off her tracheostomy she wasn't able to get any air around the tube. We're crossing our fingers that the smaller tube will work. It would be really nice to hear her voice again. The docotor is still somewhat concerned about the cellulitis in her left hip, but they will just continue to give her antibiotics and watch it closely.