I can't say enough good things about providers at HCMC. They whisked us right in at her appointment time (an outpatient visit on a Sunday morning!), and were kind, compassionate, efficient and clearly experts. As awful as this whole experience has been, I've been so grateful for the wonderful medical staff we worked with at both HCMC and Methodist.
Basically, Rose now has a giant mousepad-like dressing on the open wound of her shoulder/chest, and that's being held in place (for the next five days!) by a gauze "t-shirt", which is then held down by a disposable ace bandage-like thing. (I know there must be technical terms for these things, but I don't remember them!) Our job is to keep the mousepad-like thing dry, and to keep the rest of her burns (primarily on her neck, cheeks, and eyelids) moist with lots of coats of Eucerin. She has a follow-up visit on Friday in order to check that the wounds are healing as they should be and to re-dress the wounds if necessary. The doctor said she should be healed within two weeks, and within a couple months there should only be minor discoloration on her chest, if anything at all.
We've only given her a couple doses of baby Percocet (as prescribed) in the last couple days, and tomorrow she'll start taking ibuprofen instead. She seems to be doing really well, just a bit more tired than usual - and when she gets tired, she fights sleep. But all in all, she is acting like the happy, curious, funny, smart, generous, sweet, and contemplative girl that she is.
I'm feeling marginally better than yesterday. I'm not constantly on the verge of tears any more, but they definitely come quickly. As long as I stay busy, I feel fine. But when I slow down, I replay the accident in my head again and again, and am still wracked with guilt. Hopefully time will heal these wounds as well.
It definitely wasn't the type of weekend that I was expecting to be having with my grandparents in town!
Have a great week, everyone.
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Aww, she looks so smiley! I am happy she is better and you feel a bit better too! And that you had great help at the hospital!
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