Skin Graft Update
Well Paula's week of activities culminated on Friday with a skin graft to a small wound on the front of her leg performed at St. James Hospital in Olympia Fields. They then applied a machine called a Wound Vac which attaches to the wound site and slowly sucks drainage out and away from the wound to speed the healing process. Thi machine stays attached 24/7, and has a big plastic tube (that you get to see your yummy, bubbly drainage coming through) that goes back to the machine that has its own little wheeled stand that you get to drag around with you whereever you may go. Not fun, but right now if strapping that thing on her head and singing into it would get her home sooner, she would do it.
The weekend was up and down. She does have moments were the discomfort isn't to bad. But when the pain flares up, there is just about no relief for it. It is scary. Truly, I don't see why anybody should have to suffer so much. Th changing of the pain meds has seemed to help some, but it also makes her more groggy more of the time, so her sleep pattern is completely thrown off. Its just an hour or two here and there, all day and night. That is still much better than only sleeping when you are so exhausted you finally give up for a couple hours and then are awakened by acute pain.
The good news is that yesterday (Tuesday) her specialist came back to check the skin graft and said it couldn't look any better than it does, and really liked the progress it has made in such a short time. This is very encouraging to Paula's mom and I, but Paula is defeated enough that she just feels it will never end anyway. It is very sad. I try very hard to motivate her to be positive, but her reserves are just shot. She is still in pain, still can't go home, and still doesn't know when either issue will be fixed. Who would be positive? All I can say is, we have some decent news and it is something to cling to. We are doing everything that can be done, and progress is being made.
Please just keep Paula in your thoughts and prayers.
The weekend was up and down. She does have moments were the discomfort isn't to bad. But when the pain flares up, there is just about no relief for it. It is scary. Truly, I don't see why anybody should have to suffer so much. Th changing of the pain meds has seemed to help some, but it also makes her more groggy more of the time, so her sleep pattern is completely thrown off. Its just an hour or two here and there, all day and night. That is still much better than only sleeping when you are so exhausted you finally give up for a couple hours and then are awakened by acute pain.
The good news is that yesterday (Tuesday) her specialist came back to check the skin graft and said it couldn't look any better than it does, and really liked the progress it has made in such a short time. This is very encouraging to Paula's mom and I, but Paula is defeated enough that she just feels it will never end anyway. It is very sad. I try very hard to motivate her to be positive, but her reserves are just shot. She is still in pain, still can't go home, and still doesn't know when either issue will be fixed. Who would be positive? All I can say is, we have some decent news and it is something to cling to. We are doing everything that can be done, and progress is being made.
Please just keep Paula in your thoughts and prayers.
posted by Jim at 11:44 AM
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