Tuesday Doctor Visit

Well, Dr. Ennis, Paula's specialist saw her again today and again gave her a glowing report on the small skin graft they did a week and a half ago on the front of her leg, and said they are about ready to do the large graft on the original wound, possibly as early as next week. (I hope to know within a few days when exactly) So Paula has considerable fear of the pain of surgery (with only local pain anestetic being used) and of rejection of the graft itself. I have to hope that it is all progress toward the end goal of getting her healed and then home.

Best case scenario, probably 3-4 weeks of inpatient care follows the graft, then there is a possiblity of outpatient or home care after that. As dreadful as that is, four more weeks is a drop in the bucket compared to what she has already been through. My hope is that they can graft the large wound and it will start sealing up, which should help to calm al those exposed nerves that have been causing this pain all these months. This is a wound about 5 inches x 5 inches, roughly as big as the palm of my hand. (And I have a big hand, LOL) If you can imagine the pain of a paper cut (when you expose the nerve endings under your skin to oxygen) then multiply that to a wound 5"x5" or so, you can see the room for an amazing amount of pain.

As soon as I know when the large skin graft will be, I will post it here, and of course will try to keep up with progress. Thank you so much for reading this, and for all your kindness and support through these difficult times. I still have faith we are going to get through this!