French fries

As you can tell C had french fries for dinner. He ate about half of them and then he had enough. I imagine that his stomach has shrunk down to the size of a lima bean. It just couldnt hold any more. C has been drinking gatorade and a few sips of sprite but thats been the extent of his eating.

Tomorrow forenoon C is getting put under light anesthesia to pull out all his staples that he has holding grafts in place. I'm glad that these are getting removed. They seem to be a minor source of discomfort for C. Doc covered the grafts with a material called bio-brain. I dont think its made of brains but I havent asked. After the shark cartilage and pig skin they've been using I'd rather not know. This bio-brain is made of a very thin rubbery type material and has very tiny holes all over. (reminds me of the cap they used back in the 90's to hilight hair) C has this on his head right now and its being held on with titanium staples. I only have a high school education but I really liked science and anatomy. It seems to me that there would be a less painful and grotesque way to adhere this material to one's skin. I'm partial to glue or even tape to hold things in place, not to mention a needle and thread. Doc says its so easy to just take the 'staple gun' and run it along the graft and be done. I've watched construction guys frame both houses we've built and I see how quickly they use nailers and staple guns and thats the mental picture I have of the Doc in the OR. The reason they are taking C to the OR is so that they can sedate him a little more and then do his bandage change with out C remembering. I am all for him not remembering that. The last time the tub team took out staples, they removed upwards of 100. This time though I was told there would be significantly more to remove.

A PT tech came by today to work a little on C's hands and arms. She brought with her what looked like a g-string. hahaha Anyway it was a piece of C's jobst suite that he has to wear around his chin and it goes up over his head. It was a confusing contraption until she showed me how it goes on. His suite is available in several different colors and pink was one of the options. My boys are so anti anything pink or girlish. I told C that if he keeps being mean to the PT staff and fights to do his therapy, Im ordering his whole suite in pink and he screamed NO at the top of his lungs and almost woke up the dead. Marv had to have a little chat with C tonite when he got here about his attitude and keeping it in check. I imagine it went in one ear and out the other. We will see how tomorrow goes.

C had a long day and no nap. He has been sleeping now since about 8:30 pm. I am hoping he sleeps really well tonite, I need my sleep too. I am gonna try to hit the hay a little earlier tonite, so until later.....
Amy