From Whitney' Copeland's "The Copeland Family Journal" on Facebook - 8/13/2023 Pepper got her cast off this week and we are excited to announce it was better than we could have anticipated! There was approximately a 95% take on her grafts and her fingers are all the way open! She was immediately thrown back into the days of grafts, sore tissue, blood, swelling, tenderness, wound care, and restriction/tightness around joints where the skin will need to be massaged and stretched, again. She was so brave though. Voicing her needs and asking the doctor to slow down when needed. Removing all of the old dressings on her own, which was painful. She was her own advocate that day and I just stood and watched with tears in my eyes. We are so proud of her. Pepper starts an aggressive occupational therapist (hand therapy) program tomorrow with a burn specialized therapist. Thank you all for your thoughts, messages, and prayers! We praise God for this amazing news and know that
