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As you can see, B2 came through his skin graft op just fine. As it worked out, he required a graft to the front of his right shoulder and a couple of small point around his right nipple. The donor skin was taken from the front of his right thigh because the skin around the back was a little dry thanks to eczema.

Apparently the donor site is the one that will be really sore for the course of this week, but it is pretty well guaranteed to heal up nicely. The site of the original burn is a bit more problematic, but we will know more after his post-op bath at the hospital on Monday morning. Best case is that it is healing perfectly, but he will need to wear the splint and a pressure suit every night for a year or so, and have the burnt area checked by medics every year or so throughout his childhood. Worse case is that the graft hasn't taken and we're back to square one.

The big positive for us is that B2 seems in a much better mood now than he has for weeks; smiling and laughing, and slowly getting more mobile. In fact he is the brightest among the four of us. B1 is playing up as a result of lack of attention, whilst M&I are physically and emotionally exhausted.

I'm hoping for a very, very quiet weekend.