Flossing

[Guest guest]

I just want to make sure I understand flossing correctly. You take a nylon with

rubbing alcohol on it and thread it through the cast and move it back and forth

to clean under the cast.

Thanks,

Jenn Leggett

[Guest guest]

Flossing can also be (if you have the kind of undersweater t-shirt that is not taped to the cast)- just genty pulling/working it back and forth inside the cast- using the edges that are sticking out- the neck/bottom/sleeves, etc...does that make sense? Just by moving back and forth it gives the skin a rub.Heidi, Bexon's Mama, (2 years old, in 3rd cast from Salt Lake City Shriners, currently down from 61 degrees to 25)

Subject: FlossingTo: infantile_scoliosis Date: Saturday, September 5, 2009, 3:25 PM

I just want to make sure I understand flossing correctly. You take a nylon with rubbing alcohol on it and thread it through the cast and move it back and forth to clean under the cast. Thanks,Jenn Leggett

[Guest guest]

Yes.... You don't have to use rubbing alcohol if you don't want to..... You can just use the cloth. - Noelle's mommy, 2 1/2 years old and in 8th cast from Rochester NY, reflux, mild plagiocephaly, mild torticollos, hypotonia, ligament laxity, suspected Ehler's Danlos III

Subject: FlossingTo: infantile_scoliosis Date: Saturday, September 5, 2009, 10:25 PM

I just want to make sure I understand flossing correctly. You take a nylon with rubbing alcohol on it and thread it through the cast and move it back and forth to clean under the cast. Thanks,Jenn Leggett