Just saw the Trauma doc...he is completely stitched closed! Now, we wait. Approx. 24 hours to 48 for him to "check" the wound for infection and we will continue no food, only liquids and the immodium until then. He is saying if all looks good, maybe even Wed. night we could go home.

It's all contingent on whether there is any infection. The ENTIRE wound is closed, even the small area he thought he wouldn't be able to close. PTL! We won't get our hopes up yet...but he did say the "H" word (Home)- yippie!!!

So, our prayer is that there will be no infection in the wound. If there is, it's gets much more complicated...meaning they have to re-open it. He is already been on liquid antibiotics since we've been here, so they can't give him any more that way. He said we would need to come back in two weeks to take out the stitches and it will require putting him out again b/c there are SO MANY (boo hoo) stitches and they are hard to get to...too much pain to not be sedated.

Just saw the orthopaedic doc...there is an area bigger than a silver dollar on ankle by his achelles tendon that is darkened and hard...he opted not to remove it b/c that exposes the tendon and could cause damage to it. The skin could still heal itself to some degree he said...if not, it still needs time to prepare itself for a graft (the body is very cool all it does). So, that's a wait and see game. We don't know about care for this wound yet b/c the reg. doc that has been doing his care had a funeral and will be back tomorrow. So, we'll know more then. At any rate, this will not hold us up from going home.