The wound nurse Kathy removed the dressing on her hand, leaving only a gel barrier, said she felt the skin needs air and a break from adhesives. I'm a little nervous to leave it unprotected, it still looks awfully wet and pink to me. But her new skin is filling in the wound almost completely now, and the huge chunks of calcium "shrapnel" have come out on their own, leaving her skin looking nearly smooth! Once we have the photos, we'll post a little progression of her calcium wound, for those brave interested souls; it's exciting to see it come so far, and they now think she may even avoid scarring almost completely.
Visit from Aunt Carmen and Uncle Jared for the first time!
5-year-old Audrey was born with her lungs connected to her stomach and an incomplete esophagus (Long Gap EA/TEF or Esophageal Atresia). After two big surgeries and 142 days in the NICU in Utah, Audrey finally moved home but has since needed much more surgery, now in Boston. Much of her food still comes through a tube directly into her stomach, and she has had many procedures to help her swallow food, but she is thriving today. Thank you for blessing us with your love and prayers.
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