Well, the good news is that Aaron is out of surgery and he's not in a lot of pain. The bad news is that he didn't have his skin graft done today after all. Aaron needed to be under general anesthesia anyway because the doctors were doing another "washout," where dead tissue is removed from his wounds, but once they finished with that, they decided that they want to wait a few more days before going ahead with the graft. It's OK, because we want them to do it right when they do it, but it adds a couple more days on to the whole process. Right now, it's looking like the graft may be done on Wednesday, so pray that Aaron will continue to heal up and be ready for it then.
Aaron told me that Ryan left Bethesda today, which is sad news for Aaron. But Aaron said they had a great visit, and I think it was really good for Aaron to have Ryan there at least part of the time he's stuck in bed. Aaron and Ryan can do some serious talking, and after such a long separation, I'm sure they had a lot to cath up on. I told Kelly I thought she should slip out during one of their Marine discussions and take herself shopping or get a massage, but I don't know if she followed my advice.
Pray for Ryan, who is probably in the air now on a flight home to Jackson. He's got to get back down to Hattiesburg, pack up, and then leave very early in the morning to catch his flight for Marine Combat Training in North Carolina. Pray that he won't be too tired, because MCT is supposed to be very physically demanding, although Aaron assured me it's also "a lot of fun." I think Aaron and I may have widely divergent ideas of what constitutes "fun," but that is why I am not a Marine.
I think that's it for tonight. Thanks, y'all.