"72 Hrs"

Merry Christmas from AZ. Boy it sure doesn't feel like Christmas! I'm ready to pack this one away and start fresh, but life doesn't always go our way. I am just so grateful that Missy will be okay, it all could have been so much worse!!!! No news in particular today. After her debriement this morning they are still saying 3rd degree- grafting on the left hand The right hand is still up in the air. When we left tonight @ 10:15pm. they were going to take her in for her 2nd debriement of the day, so not sure if anything might have changed after that. I will continue with the daily updates. Today Phil, Mike and myself were there until 4pm, when we snuck out for Christmas dinner with Chris, Pam, Herb, Christine, Julie, Jenny and Tawana. Chris and Pam had a wonderful dinner for us, it was so appreciated. After a short dinner visit, we headed back for the 8pm visiting. Chris, Pam, Julie, Jenny and Tawana all came back to the hospital to visit with Missy tonight.We got in about 1/2 an hour before them. Missy was having real problems with itching and was tearing at her bandages, probably not the best thing to do! Anyway, they took her mind off of her itching when they got into the room. And thank goodness, the nurses didn't kick our crew out. Sometimes, they are real sticklers to the 2 person rule. They must have had the Christmas spirit tonight! The nurses have no goals for Missy at the moment- just to keep the pain controlled and debrieing the burned areas.

Just a quick note: It's midnight and Missy just called in tears and in excruciating pain. She had just gotten back to bed after her debriement. The nurses that do this are not always the same. Some are so much gentler than others. Tonight she had the nurse from hell!!! I feel so helpless, that I can't take some of the pain away for her. I'll have to find out in the morning why they didn't give her that twilight medication. That stuff makes her not remember the pain.