The procedure was completed Friday evening and grafts taken from the abdomen. Jimm spent most of Saturday in recovery and was given 7 units of blood in all. They almost sent him back down to SICU, but that did not happen.. his BP finally came back up and he stabilized enough to go back to his 7th floor room. The closed and grafted upper section is about 6 inches long, and we all hope for good news concerning the grafts 'taking'. Healing will take place for at least a week before anything further is done.
This afternoon he was on pretty heavy pain meds following a dressing change, but still closed his eyes and shook his head in amazement when I told him about his pal Tony working for him to donate his paycheck for the day(see August 5th section of Contributions-Fundraising.. and see also the notification of Longaberger activities from Dinah Seisman).
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Alec,
If Jimm needs more blood, let me know. I can donate one or two pints for him.
Kathie
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