Dad went back to surgery on Saturday. Dr. Duke had been racking his brain trying to find a good solution for this on-going wound vac problem. He told mom he'd been looking at all sorts of options and in fact he'd even dreamed about it the night before and came up with a couple of ideas! Dad headed to surgery Saturday evening and Duke worked his magic. Unfortunately the magic didn't last long and the wound vac was already beeping by Sunday morning. Yesterday Dr. Duke came in wrapped dad in some more plastic, got it to work and as of this morning the wound vac was still holding.
Dad is back in surgery this morning (#83), and God willing he will return with everything working.
On a more positive note, we learned this weekend that the "tunnel" that connected the center wound with entrance wound on the left side has closed. This tunnel (accompanied by the leaking around the wound vac) possibly caused the 2nd skin graft to fail. Dr. Duke has not said when he would try to graft again, but as of now he does plan to graft both of those areas together. First and foremost he needs the drains and leaking issues resolved so when the grafting does resume they will have the best possible chance to take!
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