May 31, 2005 at 01:50 PM EDT

Surgery went fine, and Sam will be back in her ICU room shortly.

The surgeon was able to finish most of the grafting,
and he said what he did on Saturday looked fine today.

It will take another 10-14 days to see how all the grafting takes.
They will bring her down to the OR again on Thursday for dressing changes. The surgeon said he will likely have little things to clean up along the way.

Otherwise, her vitals remain stable,
though one of the cultures the pulmonary team took the other day
showed some lung infection, so they are treating that.
The goal is to start weaning her off the ventilator,
and letting her do more on her own, though they can't really do that
until she stays out of the OR for a while.

So now we give her a couple days to rest, and see how things go.

Thanks,
Jessica

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Keep On *getting Better*, Sammy ~
We're ALL Pulling for you!!