Monday, April 13, 2009

Monday evening update:
Kenzie had surgery this morning to close the incision sites from her 4 compartment fasciotomy done on Saturday. While the surgeon was inspecting the site he determined he had to remove much of the muscle that had been damaged and died from the reperfusion injury. Leaving the lower leg with very little muscle mass. Although her foot is receiving good blood flow, having such little muscle left in her calf will likely leave the foot and the leg not very viable for walking. On Wednesday of this week Mackenzie will go into surgery again (as they were still unable to close the surgery sites on her calf) and will likely have her lower leg amputated. The option of a prosthetic to a dangly and unsupported foot seems the best for her future.

This is of course only a side effect of the primary reason we wound up in the hospital last Thursday night which was a perforation in her stomach.

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