I thought i would drop a few lines about the recovery process with my stepson. From March 18th - April 7th, over 50 hours of surgery. Steel plates were put in on both sides of his jaw, skin flaps, skin graphs, muscle reconstructions of the right side of his face. They took the main tissue from his front belly area and made him a lower face. He still has the feeding tube in his stomach area and the breathing trachea. April 10th - He got to drink a little water for the first time, and now is eating frozen popsicle sticks and having small portions of soup. April 13th - he called his mother last night and spoke a few words to her and to me. He told her he was making a list of all the foods he wanted to eat when he got out and told me people just don't know how precious water really is. We could understand most of his words but he still has a long ways to go with learning speech all over and eating. He will get to see his sons for the first time this coming friday, one is 2 years old and the other is 6 months. The Doctors told him, maybe in 3 weeks if all the other things go well, he may get to go home. Even though he will still have to have other surgeries later too.
I want to thank everybody for your prayers and thoughts, they were greatly appreciated and brought great comfort to him and his family.
I want to thank everybody for your prayers and thoughts, they were greatly appreciated and brought great comfort to him and his family.
