Steve has had a restful weekend. He has had a blood transfusion to prepare him for his time in theatre on Monday afternoon. He was a little more aware on Sunday of us being there with him and was trying to speak. When we left him he had fallen to sleep and was peaceful.

The medical team carried out work on both Steve's hands on Monday (21/7/08). Steve has extensive burn damage to both his hands which will require a lot of work to be undertaken by his consultant. Whilst in theatre Steve's hands were placed in vacuum gloves. These gloves are used to help prevent serious infection and to promote tissue growth in the more seriously damaged areas. The Consultant and his registrar are doing their very best to assist Steve's hands to heal as much as possible. We have been informed that due to the burns on Steve's hands they may have to deal with areas which are to badly damaged and will not heal.
The skin grafts on Steve's legs are doing well and appear to be healthy as they are on his arms. This is a good sign. Steve's ears and the burns to the sides of his head are all healing and the burns to the top of his arms are still being left to heal on their own which again is all positive for Steve.

Steve following his time in theatre has had to be placed back on the ventilator. This is to assist him to breathe easier following the hard work he had to put in whilst being operated on.