Anouk’s ongoing adventure in the Canadian healthcare system…

Well, it’s been a week and a half since Anouk came to the Janeway Children’s Health and Rehabilitation Centre in St. John’s. She continues to improve day by day. It is absolutely precious to see the little tyke running around the pediatric surgical recovery ward (no, she has not had surgery, but the docs felt this was the best place to put her) in her little pink surgical scrubs. All of the nurses love her, constantly telling us how beautiful she is, what blue eyes she has, how fair and blond she is, “ain’t she some precious”, and “ain’t daddy going to have his hands full keeping the boys away” (HA! Little do they know of my plan to not allow Anouk to date until she is 37 — sorry Liam, Colin, Sammy, and William).

They are now changing the dressing every other day. The first layer is a silver sheet called Acticoat (I don’t fully understand how it works, but it is supposed to help debride the dead skin and somehow keep the burn site damp). The doctors are going to look at her progress on Monday. When cosmetic surgeon Dr. Cluett looked at it this past Monday, she was still concerned that two areas might possibly develop into third-degree burns and may need skin grafts, but she wanted until Monday.

So, we continue to keep our fingers crossed. I’d swear that Anouk is faring this ordeal better than her Mommy and Daddy. What an amazing little girl…but then again, I am biased.