Message From Kim 4/16/08        It is Wednesday afternoon and we are now in our hotel room.  Brooks had a rough day yesterday with post op nausea and vomiting.  He could not hold anything down yesterday but this A.M. we gave up and took his IV out. He became a different person.  He had himself so upset that I think that was causing his nausea.  Once the IV was out the nausea went away.  Now he is beating mom and I at Monopoly Jr.      We have to return to the hospital  next Tuesday and they will take him back to the OR for conscious sedation to remove the dressing and check the grafts on his right hand.  Thank goodness they took a full thickness graft from his lower abdomen. When they do that they stitch up the donor site which means no scrubbing or pain.  Just an incision with sutures.       He did so well this time around. He does not have to wear garments, just a glove over the hand.  His face only has mild bruising and we will have to return in 6 weeks for more laser therapy and every 6 weeks till we can tell that it is helping or not.       We should discharge on Tuesday, hopefully that afternoon and will start traveling home.  Hope to be home by Thursday.  depends on how well we travel...  Thanks for the updates on the web site and your prayers.