surgery three

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they took all of Dad's plates out, not just the one. without the plates, the top of his head is just wrecked. most of his parietal bones are gone, as is the frontal above a certain point on his forehead. when i was chatting with C about it yesterday, i shared some art from Cuphead. we'll definitely be able to see a lot of jiggling under his scalp. i'm assuming he's going to spend the next several months in a hardhat or a helmet (which was on the original list of possibilities). of course, he has a skin graft that he's not supposed to put pressure on that is just above his right ear, so i don't know how that will work. this is not a total surprise, but it's another complication. his rehab therapists are fighting to hold his room until he gets cleared from the hospital again.

damn it, A says he was using his right hand to spoon himself pudding before the surgery. that's gone again. but at least today he was able to sit in a chair, which is ahead of the goals on his chart.