Thinking back to the first day, I honestly didn't think it was this bad. I thought we'd go to the hospital they'd gauze him up and give him some pain meds, and send us home.
I wasn't alone in this thought.. as Tommy told me he thought the same thing when he seen it. Little did we know he was having surgery the next morning and we would be staying the next 7 days in a hospital.
The ER doctors didn't even know how bad it was, they said it was to hard to see how deep it was. So if a 'trained' eye doesn't know it was real bad, then we def. had a right not to know either.
We went to the doctor yesterday, and everything is healing really well. However, they did say that this would be a very long process, and possibly lifetime. Every time he goes through growth spurts they said that is a crucial period, because problems may arise. Even if nothing happens anytime soon, when he hits 15 he could have troubles.
He was fitted for compression garments, which are tight gloves that go over his heads, and make his skin even, and helps with scars. We are looking at over a year of wearing these. And he will still have to wear the splints for a while. And eventually we will wean him off of those.
He probably will have to have another surgery, and he will probably have to have his skin grafts shaved down. Although, this is speculation and really we have to wait and see.
This is just scary.. I never thought it would take this long, ever! I never thought that this is going to be something that is he is going to be careful with for the rest of his life.
We go back in two weeks for his compression garments, he is getting blue and yellow, with spiderman and batman on them, as well as his name! Make something exciting out of this ordeal!
Until next time..
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