Jay Leno underwent surgical procedure for critical burns suffered when flames erupted as he labored on a classic automotive and stays hospitalized for additional therapy, the doctor overseeing his care stated Wednesday.
The previous Tonight Present host was in good situation and his spouse, Mavis, is with him on the Grossman Burn Middle north of Los Angeles, stated Peter H. Grossman, medical director of the centre at West Hills Hospital.
“He’s in good spirits immediately,” Grossman informed a televised information convention. Final weekend, Leno suffered burns to his face, palms and chest that the plastic surgeon categorized as second-degree or verging on extra extreme.
A few of the facial wounds “are just a little bit deeper and just a little extra regarding” as a result of they’re displaying indicators of progressing to third-degree, as can occur with burns, Grossman stated.
Therapy supposed to maintain the burns from getting worse contains high-pressure oxygen remedy to stimulate therapeutic, together with surgical procedure during which the burn wounds are cleaned and shaved away, he stated. A brief “organic pores and skin substitute” is positioned over the world, he stated.
Full restoration anticipated
Leno got here by way of one surgical procedure properly and a second is deliberate this week, Grossman stated. The comic is up and strolling, telling jokes and is a success with the workers, even giving out cookies to younger sufferers, he stated.
The fireplace occurred on the Burbank storage the place Leno shops his famed assortment of vehicles and different motor automobiles, the physician stated. In an announcement earlier this week, Leno referred to the burns as “critical” however stated he would want solely “every week or two to get again on my ft.”
Grossman stated he appreciated Leno’s eagerness however has cautioned him to be life like.
“I needed to inform him that he must step again just a little bit and simply understand that a few of this takes time,” he stated. “He is very compliant, he understands that. I feel he is realizing that he does have to maybe take it just a little slower than he initially anticipated.”
The physician stated he expects Leno to make a full restoration however that it was too early to know if there can be “remnants” of the harm. He did not elaborate.