Today is the fourth full day after the accident. Missy's pain seems to be about the same or worse as when she was admitted, but now we need to add in the "itch" factor. The burned areas that aren't as bad as other areas are on their way to healing and itch unbearably. They give Missy Benadryl injections every 7 hrs. That helps the burning, itching and allows her to catch some sleep. She is also wanting the dressings off, and keeps putting the bedside sauves on Q-tips and shoving them down into the dressed areas. She's worse than a little kid! Alot of it is the morphine and other pain meds that she is given- she doesn't realize what she is doing. It was funny yesterday, when she got out of bed to do something, she kind of stumbled back a bit. I asked what was wrong and she said, "didn't you see that black dog jump up onto the bed"!!!! Her Dr. upped her pain meds and have added anti anxiety medication. She was alot calmer when I left tonight @ 10:15pm. She is scheduled for surgery on Monday. The Dr's will take her in and totally knock her out and do a "mega" debriement! Right down to whatever! After that is done to the left hand (the third degree area) they will put on protective material (pig skin or cadaver skin) for 3-4 days. With this material in place, they will not have to debrie the third degree area twice daily like they have been. Kim, her day nurse (she's an angel!) said that Missy will not be going home until she can manage her dressing changes without IV pain meds. That will be interesting. Missy had a number of visitors today- Uncle, Herb, Aunt Christine, Sandy, Holly and Ginger- and of course, Dad, Mike and mom!
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