Week 7 - update

Meghan had wound care and a follow up orthop. appointment on Friday.  The wound care nurse was "giddy" from the improvements in Meghan's leg. The orthopedic surgeon was shocked to see how much strength Meghan has in her quad muscles. For the first time, Meghan heard just how bad her injury was and how grim the original prognosis was. All four quad muscles had been completely severed in the trauma and have appeared to be healing just fine. The surgeon was ecstatic to see how well she can move her leg and told her she could take off the leg brace going forward. Meghan almost jumped off the table in excitement. 

It was a day of good news for Meg.

Week 7

Her fever is gone. Two days per week Meghan has 4-5 doctors appointments. She's still wearing a knee brace and has the wound VAC on her leg. Hospital bills and insurance EOBs are starting to arrive in the mail.  The grand total is easily over $185,000 and rising.

Her left arm

Meghan's OT is very pleased with her progress at improving her ability to move her left fingers, make a fist, give a thumbs up, and turn over her hand. She's been given "permission" to lift up to 5 pounds and she can now touch her head with her left hand. The wound on her arm is healing very nicely and no longer looks like a zombie bite.

Her leg wound

Wound care nurses tell us it looks beautiful. In reality, it looks like rare pot roast and is very difficult to fathom still after 43 days. No infection. Granulated tissue is growing in strong and plastics guy thinks she'll be ready for a skin graft by late January. 

Her ruptured quad

PT is taking things very slowly however Meghan has shown progress.  She can bend her knee 95 degrees - that's up from 50ish after ICU.

Her blood clot

Vasc. surgeons want to keep her on blood thinners for 6 months and check her again at that time.

Her Wegeners

She had blood work done on 1/2 and will have blood work done monthly to monitor whether or not she is in remission. There is no precedent for someone to be in remission after only 5 months of treatment. But, we'll take it.