Quick Update

Okay. It's been a crazy, super long day and my brain is fried, but I just wanted to give a quick update on Jesse. We left for CHOP at 8:30 this morning and did not return home until almost 3:00. A very long day to be in a hospital with two wee ones.

Jesse is going to have to have skin grafts on his left hand, after all; and the date is set for May 23. Our doctor measured the skin on the fingers of both hands to compare. On the fingers of his hand that healed properly there are 10 millimeters and 11 millimeters of skin, but on the fingers of his left hand there are only 3 and 4 millimeters of skin; the rest is scar tissue. So, he really did lose a significant amount of skin to scarring. We can see that he already doesn't have full range of motion with his fingers and he favors that hand over the other - keeping it somewhat curled when he crawls and when he claps his hands.

Sooooo - we're not surprised. It's been my gut feeling all along. The great thing out of this whole yuckiness is that fact that we are at the greatest children's hospital in the nation with one of the best plastic surgeon's around who specializes in - get this - HANDS! Coincidence? I think not!

We'll be at the hospital for an entire day, but Jesse will be able to go home with us at night. He'll have a cast clear up to his shoulder, but it will only stay on for two weeks, and he should not have to have any physical therapy afterwards. If minimal skin is needed, they'll take the graft from the crease in his arm; if more is needed then it will come from the crease where his leg attaches to his groin.

This whole drama has been the most traumatic thing that we have ever been through as parents, but I think we have it in perspective now and we completely trust our doctor. Most importantly, though, we have full faith and peace in The Great Physician who loves our little Jesse far more than we could ever even begin to fathom. He is good, He is safe, and He is ultimately in control.