I have skin
I guess it's been ages since I wrote any update, since the last I wrote I was busy vomiting in the hospital. A little more than two weeks ago we ran out of this protein eating enzymatic stuff called collagenase that I had been putting on all the open areas on my foot, and the home nursing place sent us some other stuff they said was the same thing. It wasn't, and this caused a bunch of protein to build up on my foot over the course of a couple of days, which we couldn't get off even with inordinate amounts of rather painful scrubbing. Luckily, the next day at the burn clinic my doctor said it wasn't a problem, that we could desist with the more painful aspects of the dressing changes, and that the protein layers would come off in time.
And here's the good news: the last of the protein came off this morning, and I have skin everywhere people are supposed to have skin! Woohoo! Aaaarrr! I currently have no bandages on and I actually laced up my left shoe. It still looks like shit, seeing as how large sections only have a single layer of skin, but it is skin nonetheless, and i'm tickled shitless with it. God, I love skin.
And though I hadn't mentioned it before, I'm on my second week at my new job, so financial situations should begin to stabilize in the relatively near future. At some other point when I am feeling more effusive I will begin to properly thank all those who have helped us make it through this. You rock. Hell, you guys boulder.