Cast sores second time around help

July 23, 2011

So s sores are back. I truely believe it is due to heat/humidity and

general dampness under the cast. It's a huge climate chg going from Fraser

Colorado to manhattan ks. We haven't let him outside but his cast is still damp

inside. He has two sores on hips and irritation on the belly. Belly is redish,

not heat rash though. I'm afraid that he will get a bacteria or fungal

infection. I just wanna do the best thing to nip it in the rear. We got xeroform

which has petrolium in it. If that is applied will it also harbor bacteria. I

don't really know the dif between a pressure sore and another type of sore as

far as treatment goes. I called ish - the weekend crew said to come in and

cut it off.... That is a bit premature and we are 8 hrs away. He also has leaked

urine up his cast at night and it smells awful so I don't know if I will tell a

dif if the sore gets infected. I feel like he needs a buffet between skin and

cast. I just don't know if it should be a buffer w petrolium or saline or what.

All opinions happily accepted. And Jen if you see this I am putting on the

xeroform on right after nap as a first step.....

Thanks to all.

T

July 23, 2011

Tame,

I agree a buffer is needed.......ASAP! I wish you could find the Duoderm patches........ask at a pharmacy if they have them or anything like it. I have no clue what to put on it. The only time had small sores all ish Rite did is put the Duoderm on his hip bone sores and it healed quickly. They are for wound care so there is something in them so truly helps.

I would just watch it very closely. I have seen some kids get really infected....badly and pretty darn fast.

Some children's skin can handle it all summer and others may not. Wish I could help more.

TashaMommy of 5 year old twin boys- and Fort Worth, Texas is treated at Texas ish Rite Hospital in Dallas, Texas. After being treated in a series of 6 casts for 14 months he is now in a brace and has been since September 2007.

EARLY Treatment does work if done properly.

You can read 's story at.... http://www.infantilescoliosis.org/stories.html

Or follow our family one day at a time......http://thefontenotslife.blogspot.com/

From: Tame <dazies2001@...>infantile scoliosis treatment Sent: Sat, July 23, 2011 1:27:35 PMSubject: Cast sores second time around help

So s sores are back. I truely believe it is due to heat/humidity and general dampness under the cast. It's a huge climate chg going from Fraser Colorado to manhattan ks. We haven't let him outside but his cast is still damp inside. He has two sores on hips and irritation on the belly. Belly is redish, not heat rash though. I'm afraid that he will get a bacteria or fungal infection. I just wanna do the best thing to nip it in the rear. We got xeroform which has petrolium in it. If that is applied will it also harbor bacteria. I don't really know the dif between a pressure sore and another type of sore as far as treatment goes. I called ish - the weekend crew said to come in and cut it off.... That is a bit premature and we are 8 hrs away. He also has leaked urine up his cast at night and it smells awful so I don't know if I will tell a dif if the sore gets infected. I feel like he needs a buffet between skin and cast. I just don't know if

it should be a buffer w petrolium or saline or what. All opinions happily accepted. And Jen if you see this I am putting on the xeroform on right after nap as a first step.....Thanks to all.T

July 23, 2011

Thanks. I will call around. Sent from my iPhoneOn Jul 23, 2011, at 1:50 PM, Tasha Fontenot <ryanswalk@...> wrote:

Tame,

I agree a buffer is needed.......ASAP! I wish you could find the Duoderm patches........ask at a pharmacy if they have them or anything like it. I have no clue what to put on it. The only time had small sores all ish Rite did is put the Duoderm on his hip bone sores and it healed quickly. They are for wound care so there is something in them so truly helps.

I would just watch it very closely. I have seen some kids get really infected....badly and pretty darn fast.

Some children's skin can handle it all summer and others may not. Wish I could help more.

TashaMommy of 5 year old twin boys- and Fort Worth, Texas is treated at Texas ish Rite Hospital in Dallas, Texas. After being treated in a series of 6 casts for 14 months he is now in a brace and has been since September 2007.

EARLY Treatment does work if done properly.

You can read 's story at.... http://www.infantilescoliosis.org/stories.html

Or follow our family one day at a time......http://thefontenotslife.blogspot.com/

From: Tame <dazies2001@...>infantile scoliosis treatment Sent: Sat, July 23, 2011 1:27:35 PMSubject: Cast sores second time around help

So s sores are back. I truely believe it is due to heat/humidity and general dampness under the cast. It's a huge climate chg going from Fraser Colorado to manhattan ks. We haven't let him outside but his cast is still damp inside. He has two sores on hips and irritation on the belly. Belly is redish, not heat rash though. I'm afraid that he will get a bacteria or fungal infection. I just wanna do the best thing to nip it in the rear. We got xeroform which has petrolium in it. If that is applied will it also harbor bacteria. I don't really know the dif between a pressure sore and another type of sore as far as treatment goes. I called ish - the weekend crew said to come in and cut it off.... That is a bit premature and we are 8 hrs away. He also has leaked urine up his cast at night and it smells awful so I don't know if I will tell a dif if the sore gets infected. I feel like he needs a buffet between skin and cast. I just don't know if

it should be a buffer w petrolium or saline or what. All opinions happily accepted. And Jen if you see this I am putting on the xeroform on right after nap as a first step.....Thanks to all.T

July 24, 2011

Makenna used to get red at the hips. Never a sore though. I used blister

band-aids on her hip bones when it started getting red. They seemed to help

quite a bit and give her skin some time to heal.

We flossed the cast regularly and I would often floss it with a wet wipe during

the summer months. A wipe will stretch A LOT... clearly you have to be careful

that you don't 'lose' it in the cast and that your doctor is OK with you

flossing and it isn't going to mess with the padding. Our t-shirt was always

securely taped to the outside of the cast, so it held the padding in place.

Just some thoughts... good luck:)

~amy

>

> Tame,

> I agree a buffer is needed.......ASAP! I wish you could find the Duoderm

patches........ask at a pharmacy if they have them or anything like it. I have

no clue what to put on it. The only time had small sores all ish Rite

did is put the Duoderm on his hip bone sores and it healed quickly. They are

for wound care so there is something in them so truly helps.

> I would just watch it very closely. I have seen some kids get really

infected....badly and pretty darn fast.

> Some children's skin can handle it all summer and others may not. Wish I

could help more.

>

> Tasha

> Mommy of 5 year old twin boys- and

> Fort Worth, Texas

> is treated at Texas ish Rite Hospital in Dallas, Texas. After being

treated in a series of 6 casts for 14 months he is now in a brace and has been

since September 2007.

>

> EARLY Treatment does work if done properly.

>

> You can read 's story at....

http://www.infantilescoliosis.org/stories.html

>

> Or follow our family one day at a

time......http://thefontenotslife.blogspot.com/

>

> From: Tame <dazies2001@...>

> infantile scoliosis treatment

> Sent: Sat, July 23, 2011 1:27:35 PM

> Subject: Cast sores second time around help

>

> So s sores are back. I truely believe it is due to heat/humidity and