Serious Burn Patient

[Bill Harsey]

Gypsy, Thank you.

Amanda still has a tough go as the Docs are trying to keep her alive.
In tracking Kyles posts I'm learning how tricky serious burns can be.

In her husband Kyles words:

Amanda 4-19-11
by Franklin's Flying Circus on Tuesday, April 19, 2011 at 10:40pm

Better news today still not great but better. They said her wounds looked okay today. Infections are going down for the moment, the biopsies on the spots on her arm came back as not a big deal. So some good news. However they will be taking her in again tomorrow to clean her again and the "battle" over the rest of her scalp skin goes mostly to her "Body" doctor. Amanda's "Facial" and "Body" doctors have been fighting over what was left of her scalp skin. Her "Facial" doctor had used half of it to graph to her face but isn't finished with her face. (The first graph from the scalp is the best for the face.) Her "Body" doctor wants whats left to graph to her body's open wounds. Being Amanda has very little good skin to graph this has been a problem. Her "Body" doctor did make the point if she doesn't survive her wounds it doesn't matter what her face looks like. Which is hard to argue with. We will see exactly how all this turns out. As we all have found things can change very quickly.

Amanda was not real responsive when I went to see her today. She's been through a lot this past week and I can see it's taking it's toll on her. Hopefully things will go well the next few days and she doesn't have to go through this cleaning crap again.

Sorry for the really late post. A good friend came down and got me out of here for awhile.

Let you all know how things go tomorrow.

Goodnight, God bless,

Kyle

[Barbarian]

Wow. That's a really sad situation. I'll be praying for Amanda and Kyle, Mr. Harsey.

[alright4u]

Originally Posted by swatsurgeon

difficult to answer for a few reasons. Toe transfers can be done as can biomechanical and static prosthesis be fitted. A lot depends on the injuries to tendons (and nerves) which control these. If the burns were deeper than skin and affected the tendons and /or nerves, no benefit to mechanical since it can't be 'driven' by her ability to move via tendons.
If all is intact at that level, then the possibility is there to have a movable prosthesis. They ususally wait until the healed skin and structures can support a biomechanical or tissue transfer ....sometimes waiting up to a year.

Hope that helped

ss

Few know that the man who led the first BDA into COSVN HQ west of the fishhook in early 69 was shot through his WP grenade. That WP fire burned and kept burning. He took several morphine syrettes. Bill retired from the CIA. I am proud to call him the best officer 10 I ever knew. He was burned beyond my imagination from what one medic said. No, he received not one valor award.

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[orion5]

Originally Posted by alright4u

Few know that the man who led the first BDA into COSVN HQ west of the fishhook in early 69 was shot through his WP grenade. That WP fire burned and kept burning. He took several morphine syrettes. Bill retired from the CIA. I am proud to call him the best officer 10 I ever knew. He was burned beyond my imagination from what one medic said. No, he received not one valor award.

a4u, thanks for sharing that.

Bill, I was pissy over a couple of stitches I had removed this week...incomparable to what Amanda is going through. Perspective is good.

[greenberetTFS]

Originally Posted by alright4u

Few know that the man who led the first BDA into COSVN HQ west of the fishhook in early 69 was shot through his WP grenade. That WP fire burned and kept burning. He took several morphine syrettes. Bill retired from the CIA. I am proud to call him the best officer 10 I ever knew. He was burned beyond my imagination from what one medic said. No, he received not one valor award.

a4u,

Great post......... Prayers out for both of them............

Big Teddy