The Details...

There is nothing but good news today! As said in the previous post, the surgery was more than successful. The surgeons went in not knowing what they would find. Taking 13,200 volts to the head is bound to leave things pretty bad (duh). What they found is that --miraculously-- Todd had a thin layer of tissue left over his skull. This means that the grafting procedure is more likely to take. The doctors are amazed and relieved. Today's surgery (and here is where I'm a little sketchy on the details) involved placing a "vac" on Todd's head. I'm not even going to try and communicate this one, except to say that it will help circulation and drainage from the surgical site. He will have to remain in his room as long as he has this on his head. Right now, the schedule is to remove it next Tuesday when he has his second surgery.

Other good news: No more burn "washings" until Friday.
Pain meds are more dialed in.
A nutritionist who specializes in helping cancer patients has helped Todd, and
he is now eating.

The most amazing news of all: Any time someone is electrocuted, there is an entrance wound and an exit wound, showing how the electrical current ran its course. Todd's doctors have been perplexed about how someone could take this much electricity and not have heart failure, lung damage, brain swelling, etc., etc. They have also been mystified by the fact that Todd has an entrance wound (his head), but no apparent "exit." In surgery they got to examine him closely and they found no exit anywhere. So... this is their conclusion: They believe that the electrical current ricocheted off of Todd's skull onto the skilsaw (which was utterly demolished), and that Todd's other burns are "flash burns" sustained from the heat of the skilsaw blowing up!

Is that the most breathtakingly, incredible thing or what?? We can end our day today with a LOT of thankfulness!