I got an autograft a few weeks ago and today is the first day it’s not wrapped up. A lot of it is scabbed and was coming off so I picked it off. The graft itself is also coming off though, and I thought it was supposed to stay. Now I’m confused. Was it just to protect the burn and it will all peel off eventually, or has the graft rejected?
Hey everyone. I come here looking for support. I accidentally spilt boiling water over my body 2 weeks ago, with 13.6% of my skin being damaged. I immediately went to the hospital and was finally discharged on Thursday. I spent 12 nights and needed 2 surgeries while I was there, and now I have skin grafts on large portions of my thighs and a bit on my bicep. The donor sites are on the intact skin of my thighs, so much of my thighs have been in a lot of pain.
Ever since I've been home, I have been feeling very demotivated. I don't want to do the things I really love, like playing video games. I can walk with the assistance of a walker, but short distances make me really exhausted and I limp the whole way. Wound care is daily, which is very painful and time consuming, and I feel like a burden since my roommate has been doing it since discharge. My follow-up appointment feels like forever away, and the mepilex covering the donor sites have been getting more and more saturated (the surgery was a week ago and they replaced it already when I was in the hospital). All in all, I really am not looking forward to this healing journey. Everyday I wake up, I feel like I'm in a nightmare. I'm not sure how to get out of this mindset.