Saturday morning update

Cosima is still on the ventilator right now as she is not fully breathing on her own. They are working on decreasing her dependence and trying to remove it soon. When the pain medication starts to wear off she is definitely more alert.

She had a pretty good sized cut on her forehead and Sam said the nurses pointed out how quickly it has healed and that it is a very good sign. They said she would be healing just as rapidly internally as well.

For those interested I wanted to give more information on what a wound vac is. VAC stands for Vacuum Assisted Closure and is a device is used to facilitate wound healing by converting an open wound to a closed wound. It consists of an evacuation tube embedded in a polyurethane foam dressing. After the foam dressing is placed in the wound bed and sealed by an occlusive dressing, the tube is attached to a vacuum unit. The device removes fluid from the wound. This procedure reduces bacteria in the wound, draws out stagnant toxins and stimulates new blood flow, decreasing the wound healing time dramatically.

This is what was placed on the open wound of her arm and it has been shown to greatly increase healing time and decrease the possibility of infection. The dressings need to be changed much less frequently as well with the wound vac. Medical technology is amazing.