Everyone, thanks again for the huge outpouring of concern for my dad. I really appreciate it. Talking to my step-mom, we're both under the agreement that between her connections and mine, there is one huge network of folks spread out through North America that are praying and hoping for the best.
And, it's working. Speaking to my step-mom, daily, she said that Dad is starting to look better. He was quite swollen when they put him on a lot of fluids last week but now he's looking normal again. The burn center said that it appears he may not need skin grafts and that he would heal on his own. He is in a normal bed, head elevated and they are keeping him on his sides to keep pneumonia from being a problem. He keeps cycling between a 103 fever and normal but all vitals are great. They are monitoring everything that goes in and comes out of him and then reevaluate the treatments. They are weaning him off his medication, including the sedation drug Atavan, and he's starting to move around and grunt when people touch him. He's still intubated, on a respirator to control breathing while sedated, but they are saying he's doing really well. He may come out of sedation later this week and I'm hoping to communicate with him when I see him again this weekend.
You can count on me sharing all the well wishes with him when I see him again. Especially from those that met him, or those that can relate to him, or both. I know that he's proud to be part of this community and will be quite surprised to know that everyone posted to express their concerns for him.
Thank you all, again. I will be back with updates as he improves!
