Jake Update

We have stayed away from posting as for the most part everything is moving along.  We struggle with Jake's bouts of irritability which is perfectly understandable.  Adding to what the poor kid has already gone through, he had his 5 year check-up.   That brought 5 shots and Jake is probably a little sick of the doctors at this point.  The daily turning has gotten better but the cleaning and splint prep has adding some steps to the daily routine that require extreme care and patience.  Jake is still a very happy kid most of the time which is a relief, it is just hard to see him hurt or be irritable but clearly understandable.   On a positive note, the differences can already be noticed.  His thumb is straight and longer and more interesting are his other fingers.  The work on the other fingers involved removing some of the previous skin grafts and what used to be slight discoloration on parts of his finger now looks to be matching skin.  Real curious to see the finished product sometime around end of June.  Until then, another trip and surgery looms, week of May 21st and we will push forward.