Thursday Afternoon

I know my titles are a little bland - sorry!

His day went well. We saw Dr. Saal for the broken bones in his face. Yes I said bones. He has more fractures than we knew about. First, he has a broken nose (we found this out last night). We thought he had one break in his cheek bone, but he actually has quite a few fractures in many bones on the left side of his face. Each of these are small fractures, but they are bothering the way his jaw lines up.

Good news: for now, we will not do surgery on his face. The jaw may feel this way because of swelling in the joints, or the fracture in the top jaw bone, or the impact and other fractures may have caused his bone to bend slightly. Dr. Saal said to think about if a piece of paper or small piece of food gets caught in you tooth. Even though very small, it causes discomfort. These little fractures may have just caused his teeth to move ever so slightly, but he notices it. Again, it could also be from the swelling which will correct itself in a few weeks.

We are going to see him in 4 weeks after swelling has gone down. Daniel can then see if he is still uncomfortable with the way his jaw falls. At that point a decision can be made. If he does something now, he would have to break a bone first in order to reposition it. I think we all agree that waiting to see if it heals on its own is better than another broken bone!

Daniel lucked out for lunch today. He was sent seafood gumbo with lots of okra. Those of you that know Daniel know he would not eat that!! So he called up his brother at Flanagans to send over some food. Boy are we getting spoiled!!!

Wesley came visit this afternoon. They enjoyed seeing each other, but it was short lived. We took the oxygen off for the visit so Wes did not have to see that. We also covered up one of his burns/cuts on his face with a bandaide. I was also amazed at how good he looked after that. That oxygen tube always makes someone look so sick. He wants to come back tomorrow, so we will see how things are going. He said he really misses his daddy.

We are getting people to donate blood. It may take about 10 donors to get credit for one pint that he uses. I know insurance will cover this, but we feel that it really is a good cause. So many want to help out, and this is one way we can take you all up on it.