Not getting better.

The days go by and my mother's thigh wounds seem to be getting better but the foot burn is angry and red, her foot is swollen and very, very painful.  On July 31st I posted this to family and friends:  

Today, Carla and I took 'Sela back to the doctor because we decided that her wounds are not healing properly.  The pain is horrendous and she cannot move or sleep.  She can take a couple of tiny steps from the bed to the scooter to the toilet and back, and that's all.  She is very uncomfortable and suffers horribly when I apply the ointments.  I don't think I can do this any more, my back is hurting and just having to see up close these horrid wounds and cure them is much too cruel.  It takes great effort not to gag each time I remove the bandages.  It's been a week since 'Sela got burnt, shouldn't it be healing now?  

The doctor said she wants 'Sela to be seen by a skin surgeon, plastic surgeon I guess.  She made an appointment right there and we went to see him in the afternoon.  This young doctor spent some time looking at the foot, and finally said that it was definitely a third degree burn, that it was not yet infected, but the trauma had cause terrible inflammation.  He explained that the tissue that looks dead and discolored will probably have to be removed and grafted.  That the inner thigh burns are second degree burns, and seem to be healing, but that all must be treated by a specialist.  He took pictures of 'Sela's burns and then gave us the names of only two burnt centers in North Carolina: Wake Forest or Chapel Hill.  We chose WF which is closer to Charlotte -one hour and a half in Winston-Salem. It may be that they decide to keep her there, but we shall see.  Meanwhile, I keep the cure of the thighs and foot which seem horribly angry still.  'Sela says it feels as though the water was still burning her. The pain has not ceased and the pain killers do nothing but make her sleepy and confused.  When I cure her twice a day my mother screams so loud that Carla has to go out to the back yard.  She cannot endure the anguish of Sela's cries.  Last night she slept a bit more than usual, I suppose she's exhausted.  I sleep lightly too because I hear her pitiful moaning coming sadly through the baby monitor.  Here are some photos of her burns, not for the weak of stomach:

Right foot, dead tissue appears yellowish

Right leg, only a nickle sized spot to heal.

New skin has appeared!