Cast sore

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Hi guys n gals!

I've only read a million posts on this so you would think I'd know the

answer.........

has some nasty raw sores around his hip bones and one semi raw sore up

a bit higher (on top of a surgical scar which I'm a bit worried about). We are

on the road. We washed them with water, pulled the cast out a bit w pliers and

put some neosporin on the worst one. He's kinda sweaty so when we get home we

will clean him up better and put new moleskin ect. My question is aren't we

suppssed to use aquifor or candula cream rather than neosporin?

Thanks

tame

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had cast sores near her hip bones with this cast.  It's taken a good month for us to get them under control.  We're still working on them, actually, but they are pretty much better (and have been for the week or so).

What worked for us was to us two pieces of gauze.  One piece we'd get damp with saline and put it on the sore.  The other piece was dry, and we'd put it over the wet piece.  That helps wick the moisture out of the wound, and helps it heal from the inside out.  You don't want it to scab over until the very end.

Father to

On Sun, Jul 10, 2011 at 12:42 PM, Tame <dazies2001@...> wrote:

 

Hi guys n gals!

I've only read a million posts on this so you would think I'd know the answer.........

has some nasty raw sores around his hip bones and one semi raw sore up a bit higher (on top of a surgical scar which I'm a bit worried about). We are on the road. We washed them with water, pulled the cast out a bit w pliers and put some neosporin on the worst one. He's kinda sweaty so when we get home we will clean him up better and put new moleskin ect. My question is aren't we suppssed to use aquifor or candula cream rather than neosporin?

Thanks

tame

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We unfortunately had a pretty large cast sore in our last cast.  What worked really well was using a piece of xeroform (you can get it at the pharmacy) directly on the sore, no triple antibiotic or anything.  Then we covered it with gauze and then some paper medical tape stuff so it was easy and painless to change the dressing.  The xeroform helps prevent scabbing, while facilitating the wound to heal.  We never had any scabbing and once the pressure from the cast & brace were removed it healed really fast.  

Jenn Mommy to Cole & Max On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 4:22 PM, Toney <gotmaps@...> wrote:

 

had cast sores near her hip bones with this cast.  It's taken a good month for us to get them under control.  We're still working on them, actually, but they are pretty much better (and have been for the week or so).

What worked for us was to us two pieces of gauze.  One piece we'd get damp with saline and put it on the sore.  The other piece was dry, and we'd put it over the wet piece.  That helps wick the moisture out of the wound, and helps it heal from the inside out.  You don't want it to scab over until the very end.

Father to

On Sun, Jul 10, 2011 at 12:42 PM, Tame <dazies2001@...> wrote:

 

Hi guys n gals!

I've only read a million posts on this so you would think I'd know the answer.........

has some nasty raw sores around his hip bones and one semi raw sore up a bit higher (on top of a surgical scar which I'm a bit worried about). We are on the road. We washed them with water, pulled the cast out a bit w pliers and put some neosporin on the worst one. He's kinda sweaty so when we get home we will clean him up better and put new moleskin ect. My question is aren't we suppssed to use aquifor or candula cream rather than neosporin?

Thanks

tame

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Not sure where you can get this, but we have used Duoderm before. It is a wound dressing and is amazing. ish Rite gave us some once when had a couple of cast sores right on his hips bones.

How is he doing today Tame? Are you guys headed back to LA?

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: Sun, July 10, 2011 2:42:30 PMSubject: Cast sore

Hi guys n gals!I've only read a million posts on this so you would think I'd know the answer......... has some nasty raw sores around his hip bones and one semi raw sore up a bit higher (on top of a surgical scar which I'm a bit worried about). We are on the road. We washed them with water, pulled the cast out a bit w pliers and put some neosporin on the worst one. He's kinda sweaty so when we get home we will clean him up better and put new moleskin ect. My question is aren't we suppssed to use aquifor or candula cream rather than neosporin? Thankstame

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Hey... My daughter Amber just had her first cast removed on Friday and all she

had was a couple of small sores. One was from the undershirt being folded over.

Then there was a small one on the spine and of course on her hips it looked like

the cast scraped her but there was nothing too serious. We are going back to

Shriners on Wednesday to have her second cast put on. Thank you to everyone for

sharing your experiences on here. You all have made this alot easier for me to

deal with. Thanks so much... We will be in Greenville, SC on Wednesday from 9:30

until later on in the afternoon maybe we will run into someone from here.

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It's a bit better today. He spent the day on his back watching movies airing out commando style w no underwear:) what more could a guy ask for! I think his cast is getting tight and we have been on the go. He never complained:( We head to kansas on the 20th and he gets his 4th cast on august 8th. I can't believe he will be castes for 6 months by then. Wow. Time flies .... Now I just wish his back would get better! Time will tell. I will ask at ish about the duoderm.TSent from my iPhoneOn Jul 11, 2011, at 5:40 PM, Tasha Fontenot <ryanswalk@...> wrote:

Not sure where you can get this, but we have used Duoderm before. It is a wound dressing and is amazing. ish Rite gave us some once when had a couple of cast sores right on his hips bones.

How is he doing today Tame? Are you guys headed back to LA?

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: Sun, July 10, 2011 2:42:30 PMSubject: Cast sore

Hi guys n gals!I've only read a million posts on this so you would think I'd know the answer......... has some nasty raw sores around his hip bones and one semi raw sore up a bit higher (on top of a surgical scar which I'm a bit worried about). We are on the road. We washed them with water, pulled the cast out a bit w pliers and put some neosporin on the worst one. He's kinda sweaty so when we get home we will clean him up better and put new moleskin ect. My question is aren't we suppssed to use aquifor or candula cream rather than neosporin? Thankstame