Day 60 - July 30, 2008

Kev had the new feeding tube put in place late this afternoon! It was supposed to be a relatively quick and simple surgery but it turns out that he has so much scar tissue that it took over 3 hours to complete. It was so wonderful to see his face with no tube coming out of his nose! Now if we can just get rid of these goggles (and it will be a LONG time before that happens - months I believe) we will be truckin' right along.

So it's looking good for the VA acceptance. This new tube was a stipulation before they would accept us, so hopefully we will hear something soon.

I was also told today that they have pretty much decided to put a shunt in. They can't wait 6 months because they can't keep tapping him so they are going to do an MRI tomorrow and come up with a plan of action with areas that weren't burned.

So today I looked really long and hard at Kevin's eyes. The lids were the most burned part of his face (which makes sense as they are so thin). I truly am amazed at how fantastic his top lids look. I'm not really sure that you can tell that they are grafted. The skin is nearly smooth and the color is a near perfect match. Once the stitches wear off and he doesn't have to have so much lubrication put in and on his eyes, he may look completely natural. Now the bottoms are still healing and the skin is still raised up and fleshy looking. But give it a couple of weeks and I just bet they look just as great. The plastic surgeon that did them really did a wonderful job! I know that we will need to probably have Kev's eyes grafted again, so hopefully we have the same surgeon.

And I guess I need to take a quick moment and clarify that yes - Kev is out of the coma. Breezy was telling me that when she was home some of you were unsure because I guess I didn't outright say it. My mistake. Probably because it wasn't said outright to me, but I am sorry.

So that's it. I am cold so I want to take a hot bath. I always turn the AC off in the room, but the cleaning lady turns it back on and it's always frigid in here when I come home at night. Brrr...