Day 46 - Visits

Daniel attended wound care in the tub room mid-morning. We were waiting for him in his room when he glided back to his room and was transferred to his bed. Shortly after that his grandparents arrived for a visit. He ate a significant amount of sausage and juice for breakfast. Dan then took a nice long walk around the unit and returned to his room so everyone got to see him in action.

While the grandparaents were with us in Dan's room, Dawn and I broke for our lunch and joined the SOAR burn victim group. The meeting ended and we returned to his room. One of the burn victims W. who is now a peer counselor peeped in to Dan's room to say "hi" while he was eating lunch with mom and grandmom's help.
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Later in the day Daniel stretched his arms up with Dawn's help. She was able to get a good stretch on each arm and that will help him with flexibility as the grafts heal. This would normally be a really painful activity, but he seemed to tolerate it well and allowed higher stretches as he would eventually ease up and relax. During the afternoon it appeared that his temperature rose some, but it seemed to break as he began to perspire all over his face. He seems pretty relaxed now and the fever is gone.

For a midday snack Daniel devoured a lemon italian ice and strawberry jello.

We're waiting for dinner to arrive and while we wait, Daniel is wearing the MPA (microstomia prevention apparatus) he was fitted with yesterday. I'm hoping he can wear it for 15 minutes then we can take it back out.

Dinner tonight for Daniel will be salmon, carrots and rice followed by a popsicle.