Dane & Tamlen have both undergone several skin grafting surgeries, the most recent one being yesterday.  They have been able to get on the schedule of a very sought after surgeon, Dr. French, she is meticulous!!  An actual artist, she has taken extra time and precautions to give them both the best of her abilities. 

 

Tamlen had her face grafting done, she only ended up having a strip on her left cheek, and her forehead that needed grafted. The burn team, and plastic surgeon are very pleased with how it turned out! The rest of her face looks amazing, and will not need any grafting!! (another  miracle!) She is currently being completely sedated and back on a ventilator for the next few days- she isn't supposed to move at all, to allow the grafting to heal correctly.

Dane had a very long, hard, painful, scary Monday.  Starting about 2:30 yesterday morning, his heart rate, and temperature sky rocketed, and his O2 levels dropped significantly. They immediately did a chest X-ray, and catscan to find he had several air pockets in his left lung. The images showed that the air pockets moved his heart over...  The got him to OR as soon as they could, inserted a line directly into his lung, and a breathing tube again. Thanks to a gracious Father above for answering all the many prayers said, and the best medical staff, they got his left lung under control!! The line they placed allowed a lot of crap (blood, pus etc.) to drain. Poor little boy trying to breath with all of that.. He is one tough boy- that won't quit fighting!!! Grateful for the prayers for him, especially today!  They were able to get him stable enough to proceed with his skin grafting procedure as scheduled, he had to have his entire entire face/head grafted. Again the Team of experts were very happy with how well it turned out! They washed, and rebandaged the rest of his body- and say it all looks great!! He, too, will be medically sedated for the next few days.

 

Thank you all again for your continued prayers and support- we are positive it is helping these sweet babies, and the rest of our family!