Dr. Morris said that the surgery went quite well. He said that the tissue looked good with the exception of a few small spots (dime-sized) that he needed to remove. They placed the homograft and he is optimistic that it will "stick" well. He also said that the new tracheostomy tube seemed to work well, and it should allow her to talk when she is off the ventilator and the balloon that fills the area between the tube and the inside of her trachea is deflated. He said that he was unsure about the cellulitis, other than just to watch it. He said that he thinks it will just resolve with the antibiotic they are giving her.
They will change her leg dressings on Sunday and will have a sense then of how the grafts are doing. If they are doing well, they will look at doing autografts (grafts using her own skin) early to mid next week.
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