skin breakdown

[Guest guest]

thanks.

skin is a lot lot better now. crack that was slightly bleeding healed. twice a

day i had it cleaned with a wipe, then dried with a hairdryer, lightly dusted

with cornstarch, using hair dryer again to blow away excess cornstarch, then a

sterile dressing was slipped it to keep skin apart.

must now try to be disciplined enough to clean it daily and slip in a 100%

cotton handkerchief.

will look into english equivalent of the cream you suggest for the future.

cheers

linda

RE:Skin breakdown

Our son has had several breaks in the skin where it folds over. We have had

good luck using Neosporin (not sure about the spelling) ointment. It comes in a

white cream or a petroleum base...very small tube but a little goes a long way.

Hope this info is helpful, but I realize the same thing doesn't work for

everyone.

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[Guest guest]

Ok, So I’m supposed to be watching

for skin breakdown around the cast, I think I may have found some.

At the hospital, I noticed that part of

the cast in front of the armpit seemed to be pushed in more than it should have

been. I asked about it and they said that it should be fine. Well

now it’s red and getting raw and the skin is peeling almost like a

sunburn. Is this skin breakdown? If it is, what will Shriners say

to do about it? We are only at 2 months now and aren’t scheduled

until July 24th for the next cast. Any thoughts?

Ps: I’m including some pics of her cast decorated.

Since these pictures were taken, we’ve cut off the turtle neck and taped

the sleeves to the cast because of the heat and air flow needs.

[Guest guest]

I remember that happened to Cole the first cast, but we never really did anything about it. It never got totally raw though. I remember the peeling, but eventuallu it went away and the skin just got tougher. I know, I'm not a big help. What a great/cute cast decor. It is perfect. Looks like a professional did it. How did you get her to be still for that? And, LOVE the red hair....too die for! Take care./Cole <urbanmattandrea@...> wrote: Ok, So I’m supposed to be watching for skin breakdown around the cast, I think I may have found some. At the hospital, I noticed that part of the cast in front of the armpit seemed to be pushed in more than it should have been. I asked about it and they said

that it should be fine. Well now it’s red and getting raw and the skin is peeling almost like a sunburn. Is this skin breakdown? If it is, what will Shriners say to do about it? We are only at 2 months now and aren’t scheduled until July 24th for the next cast. Any thoughts? Ps: I’m including some pics of her cast decorated. Since these pictures were taken, we’ve cut off the turtle neck and taped the sleeves to the cast because of the heat and air flow needs.

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[Guest guest]

Thanks for the compliments on the cast and

the hair, I can only take credit for the cast. She was very patient

with me for the glueing but I had to wait until she was sleeping to do the mod

podge, It took 2 days to get the whole cast mod podged, I just did a

portion at each nap and at bedtime. After she went to sleep, I’d

position her so that the part I needed to reach was accessible and then I’d

wedge her in that position so she couldn’t turn over. She couldn’t

roll over in the cast at that point anyway so she stayed pretty still. It’s

been nice to be able to wipe off the cast.

For the base layer I used strips of fabric

and then I put on the fabric cutouts on top of that. BTW it matches

her cribset <grin>

From: infantile scoliosis treatment [mailto:infantile scoliosis treatment ] On Behalf Of Baird

Sent: Monday, May 22, 2006 5:58 PM

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Subject: Re:

skin breakdown

I remember that happened to Cole the first cast, but we never really

did anything about it. It never got totally raw though. I remember the peeling,

but eventuallu it went away and the skin just got tougher. I know, I'm not a

big help.

What a great/cute cast decor. It is perfect. Looks like a professional did it.

How did you get her to be still for that? And, LOVE the red hair....too die

for! Take care.

/Cole

<urbanmattandrea@...> wrote:

Ok, So I’m supposed to be watching for skin breakdown

around the cast, I think I may have found some.

At the hospital, I noticed that part of

the cast in front of the armpit seemed to be pushed in more than it should have

been. I asked about it and they said that it should be fine. Well

now it’s red and getting raw and the skin is peeling almost like a

sunburn. Is this skin breakdown? If it is, what will Shriners say

to do about it? We are only at 2 months now and aren’t scheduled

until July 24th for the next cast. Any thoughts?

Ps: I’m including some pics of her cast decorated.

Since these pictures were taken, we’ve cut off the turtle neck and taped

the sleeves to the cast because of the heat and air flow needs.

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regular phones from your PC and save big.