Day +39: slow progress

Another sleepy day today, but Mina Brigitta definitely had moments of being awake and alert. The first one occurred at 5 AM, when she woke up and asked for "big coke", referring to the Richard Scarry book she was into before the GVH set in. I'd never been so happy to be up at 5 AM. During the day, she even asked to come over to the daybed and sit with Bubba, but her energy waned before Keri and Kari managed to transport her across the room.

Everything else continues to improve. Her skin is slowly peeling and the new skin underneath looks good for the most part, except on her lower arms where the blistering was the worst. The giant blister that covered her entire right heel is just about gone, thankfully without having popped. Yesterday she had some blood in her tears, and the opthamologist said the tissue around her eyes was suffering the same damage as the rest of her skin. He said it won't be a problem as long as there's no major scarring, and today her tears were clear again. The blood in her stool last night didn't come up, so it must not be a major concern. They did schedule a brain MRI for tomorrow to be sure there's no swelling around the brain, but no one's too worried about it based on her alertness today.