Tuesday

Mary's surgery has been scheduled! She will be having her surgery on Thursday, and contrary to what I posted earlier, the doctors are hoping that this one surgery will go well enough that she will not need any additional surgeries.  Again the doctor warned her (and all of us) that the few days after the surgery will be excruciating.  They will need to use most of the skin from her back in order to reconstruct her legs.  And of course she has to lie on her back! They have some burn pads that she will sleep on, and they will need to be changed every 2 hours.  It is going to be rough, and she won't be able to move or even have visitors for 3-5 days.  But at least she can start the healing process.  They attempted to have her stand and put weight on her legs again today, and she was able to stand for 1 minute and 35 seconds.  Not a real long time, but compared to yesterday we were thrilled.  She is also eating and drinking now - had a turkey sandwich with soup for lunch - so the doctors will now be able to have her start on a different and better kind of pain medication.  Our mom was able to get a few things from home delivered to her today - some clothes, make up, and medicine - and she was certainly happy about that.  Again, she is wants us to thank all of you for the kind words and offers to help.  She wishes she could talk to each of you personally, and thank you herself and give updates herself, but it just isn't possible.  So please accept our thanks on her behalf!