Day #15 in ICU & Surgery #5

Terrible weather in the area this morning, yet Meghan still was taken to hyperbarics. They told her she has 46 more visits to go.
1:30 pm Dr. F (the plastics guy) has taken her into surgery. Meghan and mom talked to him before the surgery: there's a 50/50 chance that this will be the last debridement (and surgery) until the wound bed is ready for skin grafting. She will still have the V.A.C. on her leg after surgery. They are not doing anything with her arm today.
3:15 pm Dr. F said surgery went well. He did remove a large area of skin and tissue from her leg and they replaced the wound V.A.C. He doesn't see a need for additional surgery for debridement. He will see her every other week at dressing changes and weekly when it gets closer to time for the skin grafts. The time frame is totally dependent on how quickly Meghan's wound regenerates the granulated tissue. Dressing changes will be every 3-5 days and may require heavy doses of pain meds. She will be in ICU at least another 24 hours. There are no limitations on her movement other than the cast on her arm and the knee brace to keep her quad muscle in place. Dr. F said it's likely the skin on her arm will heal on its own, but if not, he can graft a small piece to it when the leg grafting is done.