Thursday, February 21, 2008

Ignore my yesterday blog

Sad, angry, pissed, frustrated. Those are all the emotions I have experienced today. Ok, so first of all, our appt with the burn center was today @ 11:15. The minute they take Jack's bandages off, the doctor asked me what I've been doing to treat it so far and I tell her that I've been changing the dressing 3 times a day and not giving him a bath......FYI both are the exact opposite of what I should have done. Then she tells me that Jack has 3rd degree burns....my pediatrician said they were 2ND. She also asked me why I had waited so long to come to the burn center and I give her the whole HMO rundown. Meanwhile, my hubby is sitting next to me steaming. I can almost feel the heat coming off of him wanting to strangle Jack's pediatrician. The end result: Jack needs a skin graph. I go in tomorrow morning and they put him under, clean out the burn, and attach cadaver (Sp?) skin. Then we go in on Tuesday, they put him under, cut a thin layer of skin from his scalp, and graph it onto his foot. Then we spend the night so they can keep an eye on him. I am so overwhelmed right now and don't even know what to feel. See the white? That is 3rd degree and the red is 2nd.
**Update on Doug's mom: She had a CT scan last week and the scan showed that the cancer has grown. Her doctor is also thinking it may have spread to her brain so another CT scan will be done. Things do not look good but she is very stubborn and has surprised us all.

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