Burn Update

I thought I would update everyone on Sammi's condition. We went last week for a follow-up appointment at her pediatrician's. When he took off the bandages, her hands didn't look pretty good. In fact, they looked horrible! But the doctor said that her hands would look worse than they are. Her palms and fingers were all white from being in the bandage. And where she was burned worse on her palms was just red and raw. But he said that was a good sign and actually looked healthy. After looking at her hands, he realized that the burn was a little deeper than he anticipated and told us that we should follow-up at a burn unit. He refered us to the burn unit at Lakeview Hospital, but we decided to go to the U of U. I hear they are the best in the state. So we had an appointment there Thursday afternoon and her hands looked A LOT better! I was very happy. Her skin underneath didn't look so red and you could see a healthy pink layer growing. All of her fingers looked pretty much healed so we don't need to cover them up anymore. The concern is just the palms where she was burned the worse. The doctor gave us instructions to wash her palms (preferably during a bath) and then apply ointment and new bandages twice a day. Also, we have to do physical therapy twice a day where we take her fingers and bend them back as far as they can go and hold it for 2-3 minutes. This is so the skin that heals will not get stiff and that she won't end up loosing any mobility in her hands. And, of course, she hates it! The only way to do them is if she is watching Backyardigans. BUT, all in all, she is doing very well. The doctor doesn't think that she will scar or have to do skin graftings, but we won't know for sure until it heals a little bit more. We go next week for another appointment. I still can't believe she was burned so bad from a door! That is crazy! Anyway, thanks everyone for all your love and support. We will give you another update soon!