Surgery Success

Suzanne came out of surgery this evening with flying colors. Today they attached her left index and middle fingers, in an attempt to regrow some vascular tissue on the index finger. They successfully completed this operation on the left thumb a couple of weeks ago. They have to create vascular tissue because you cannot keep skin alive if there isn't a blood supply. A "flap" of donor tissue is partially moved from one finger to the other, filling the void left by removing the dead tissue on the recipient finger. If everything is as successful as last time, they will disconnect the two fingers and both will be fine. The chief surgeon for Suz's case has indicated that, after a few more grafts, she can move to the rehab center. However, each graft takes a couple weeks to heal before it can be considered closed. To date, her legs have remained wrapped. And once she is there, and has had an opportunity to strengthen her legs, she will be brought back to surgery to sculpt the legs for the ideal fit inside the prosthetics. But over all, a good night.