Day 2 - 8/8/2020
DAY 2 - 8/8/2020 Update He is in good spirits. He is thankful to be alive. He is thankful to have his leg. The nurse said we raised a polite young man and that he is doing so much better today! YAY! Happy dance. He has feeling in his toes + he can move his foot. The nurses said he did not want to do this but they made him. His leg really hurts. Besides the original injury. He has a drain and 2 open wounds on his calf (fasciotomy). They are hoping for the swelling to go down so they can stitch it back up. If not he may have to do wound care or get skin grafts. They had him moving his leg today and repositioned his leg in the bed. Originally he was spread eagle and now its more straight out from his body. His blood pressure is much better today. (Yesterday it had dipped to 80, which wasn't all bad because then he wasn't losing as much blood.) He is anemic which is to be expected. His blood units/level/amount (??? not sure what is the correct form ...