Steve has been in to theatre today to have his hands examined and to have his dressings changed along with the vacuum therapy gloves. Unfortunately Steve will in the near future lose all his fingers and both thumbs in varying places. This is due to the amount of damaged caused to both his hands by the fire on the night of the incident. Steve does not yet know the full extent of his injuries but he is being spoken to by the medical staff regarding this issue and they will tell him in a sensitive way.

His recovery overall is going well. All his skin grafts are healing well including his ears. He has been moved from the ICU today following his surgery to a room which is still within the burns centre but is classed as a less critical area. He was tired when we saw him and so we only spent a short while at his bedside. He was being administered oxygen but this was only to assist him post surgery.

We spent some time with the psychologist today. This was to talk through how we as family will be able to assist Steve along his road to recovery given the injuries he has sustained. We found this very beneficial and it has helped us to focus on what is important and how to help Steve once he knows the extent of his injuries.