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Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 7 | Pat, this is a very hard complicated procedure. All kinds of things can happen. I was kept in a medically induced coma for 3 weeks so I was lucky and slept thru the worst of it. A physical therapy facility is a very good place to go before he is sent home. It will help him to prepare and gain strength before he goes home and is left without the medical professionals being there with him.
The plastics doc is probably trying to wait it out and is hoping it takes so your husband can avoid another surgery. I hope it turns around and he can avoid having anything else done. As far as looks go, any reconstructive procedures can be done down the road. They will make him wait a full year before doing any major adjustments.
Best wishes!
ChristineSCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44 2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07 -65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr Clear PET 1/08 4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I surg 4/16/08 clr marg 215 HBO dives 3/09 teeth out, trismus 7/2/09 recur, Stg IV 8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy 3wks medicly inducd coma 2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit PICC line IV antibx 8 mo 10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg OC 3x in 3 years very happy to be alive  | 
