new accessories

A busy day today for Cosima. Her staples were removed and most of the stitches on her right arm were removed as well. So far the skin graft on her elbow looks good and it is being accepted. In about 5 - 7 days they will remove the sutures.

She received new dressings and bandages. To complete her new accessories a new half cast was put on her wrist and her broken thumb was splinted. After all the activity she got a well deserved rest throughout the rest of the morning and into the early afternoon.

Her temperature remained normal throughout the day. She will continue on the antibiotics for another week. Again there was quite a bit of drainage from her lungs which is a result of her pneumonia.

In order to increase her overall awareness the medical team is working on reducing her level of morphine and the sedatives she has been receiving.

One of the next steps is to see if they can get the neck brace off. This seems to be a source of discomfort and having seen it I would definitely agree as it is quite bulky and looks very uncomfortable especially on her small frame. Zach suggested a large pediatric neck brace as it may improve the position her neck is in and would reduce the pressure on her C7 fractures in her neck. An MRI needs to be done first before this can happen so we will wait for that to be scheduled.

Her physical therapy should start tomorrow as well for her legs and arm.

Haily has been her nurse now for a couple of days and it is wonderful to have the consistency. She was there during the first few days as well and has an amazing bed side manner.