Mar 03, 2026

We are settled back into a regular room. Surgery today was her skin graft, and the Dr said it went well, they have her back on a wound vac for 5 days. They gave us the option to go home with a disposable vac, but if something goes wrong, they can’t troubleshoot over the phone, and living an hr away didn’t make much sense, so we, along with the DR decided it was best to stay put until this one comes off. They will start working on dangling protocol, starting at 5 minutes 3-4 times a day, and work our way up 5 minutes at a time. If everything goes as planned, we should be released next Tuesday to go home. Emilee still won’t be walking when we leave here, once they know her foot can tolerate the dangling, they will then start working on adding pressure, so it’ll be a while till she can actually walk again. He said she’ll likely walk with limp, I’d imagine that will get better with time. He doesn’t see any reason she won’t be able to walk when graduation rolls around. Please continue to keep Emilee’s healing journey in your prayers.

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