These are the gowns that we have to wear into see Chris.  Actually, this is only part of the get up that we are supposed to be wearing.  Apparently, we are supposed to have goggles and gloves on as well.  This was particularly difficult when they had the temperature in the room turned up so hot to allow for better blood flow to the newly grafted areas on his arm and leg.

Mom said that they turned the temperature down a bit either yesterday or today, which is so nice!  Here is Mom’s update from yesterday! 

….It really is wonderful how faithful God is to His promises… Today Chris was doing really well.  I was with him… in the morning the physiotherapist came and talked about how well he was doing. She had him doing all kinds of stretches…

It was wonderful to see him wriggling the toes on his right foot… Just over a week ago there was no movement in those toes. He could feel us touching them but could not make them move. Two weeks ago he was struggling to get any movement in that leg. Today he had some good strength in it and she was talking about him starting to use an exercise bed board that would get him into a standing position so he could start putting weight on that leg.

She said that for now, that would be his stronger leg. She said they would have to wait until the plastic surgeons gave the word that the flap on his left leg could take the blood flow from standing and the leg being in that down position. I am not sure that is quite how she worded it but it was something like that. She had both arms and legs moving…toes and foot movement on his left foot as well.  He even was able to move his left elbow, just a little but he had motion. I watched him move his left hand up and down…turn it side to side rotating it…fingers moving, opening and closing…small beginnings but definitely good movement. Praise the Lord…  While he was doing the stretches and the exercises, he said the elbow and the knee were at times quite painful. 

The mother of one of Chris’ friends was at  the hospital this morning and stopped by to peek  a hello… Chris recognized her right away and also his friend’s grandmother.  This is a good memory thing.  Praise the Lord. She was there for her own medical problem and Chris prayed for her. It is wonderful to see him coming along. She told him that seeing how Chris was doing was such a miracle and it helped her to believe more, gave her more faith to believe for her own needs.   The nurse told me that he had the bars and wires removed from his mouth last Friday when he was in surgery. Praise the Lord. Face and Jaw are healed. Another thing removed and another step toward complete recovery.  He was eating a little better today, and was able to swallow his own meds. The Doctor was in to look at the skin grafts and said they were looking beautiful to the surgeons and to those who can tell what the end result will be.  Chris says they look rather gross. But to me, with Chris having a leg and arm… they look beautiful for sure.  The nurse was saying soon he will get a stocking like thing… to wear that will help the grafts to shape like the arm….and leg… more and will help as the skin turns closer to the normal skin coloring… I remember from Mark’s Mom and Dad…they had a very tight fitting specially designed stocking type cover to help the skin heal helps with reducing scarring and  compresses the new skin