Guest guest Posted June 19, 2004 Report Share Posted June 19, 2004 NO! Bruising is not normal. Neither are pressure sores from casts. Your baby must be growing so fast that he is outgrowing his casts. You should talk to the doctor about changing the casts more frequently. How often does he get new casts now? Has the doctor ever mentioned that since Jasper is growing so fast that he may need to have them changed more often? Kaitlin had her casts changed every week and we never had so much as a red spot when we took the cast off. I hope this helps and I hope Jasper's feet get better. Freeman Kaitlin Freeman LCF 3/9/04 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 19, 2004 Report Share Posted June 19, 2004 NO! Bruising is not normal. Neither are pressure sores from casts. Your baby must be growing so fast that he is outgrowing his casts. You should talk to the doctor about changing the casts more frequently. How often does he get new casts now? Has the doctor ever mentioned that since Jasper is growing so fast that he may need to have them changed more often? Kaitlin had her casts changed every week and we never had so much as a red spot when we took the cast off. I hope this helps and I hope Jasper's feet get better. Freeman Kaitlin Freeman LCF 3/9/04 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 19, 2004 Report Share Posted June 19, 2004 NO! Bruising is not normal. Neither are pressure sores from casts. Your baby must be growing so fast that he is outgrowing his casts. You should talk to the doctor about changing the casts more frequently. How often does he get new casts now? Has the doctor ever mentioned that since Jasper is growing so fast that he may need to have them changed more often? Kaitlin had her casts changed every week and we never had so much as a red spot when we took the cast off. I hope this helps and I hope Jasper's feet get better. Freeman Kaitlin Freeman LCF 3/9/04 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 20, 2004 Report Share Posted June 20, 2004 I think that the bruising is less about growth and more about poor circulation in an infant. After Kai's first cast change, he had one big bruise from knee to ankle ... or rather, what looked like a bruise. The cast tech massaged his leg for about 15 mins and then had us do it for another 10 mins with some good lotion and the bruising was gone. The tech was careful to put the next cast on a little less tight. However, when he was recasted this last winter (at 15 mo old) the tech was experimenting with how tight he could comfortably put a cast on - most expecially since these were knee length casts (long story, but this was approved by Dr P) and he put the casts on very tightly - mind you, these were 2 week casts - and there was no bruising. The cotton material inside the casts compresses and ends up leaving plenty of room. Take what you will from all of that, but my end suggestion is to take a nice, thick lotion to the cast changing and massage the leg after the cast comes off and see it that helps. Newborns nortoriously have bad circulation (Kai actually had blue nail beds on both fingers and toes for several months his circulation was so bad!) Angel bruising in casts Hi, Jasper will have his casts changed again in the morning. Last week he changed from his second to third cast. His left foot has gone from 4.5 before casting to 1.5, right foot 4.5 to 3 (a bit stiffer). Last week after the casts came off there was a lot of bruising along both feet and pressure soes which hadn't opened but were very red and sore. Both feet were swollen but we were expercting this. Is bruising normal? Could it be attributed to the fact that he is a low birth weight baby and is growing very fast (around 21 ounces/day or 60 grams) or are his feet slipping? Other than this the position of his feet are looking better each time, Tamsin Sydney, Australia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 20, 2004 Report Share Posted June 20, 2004 does bring up a good point about the pressure sores. Those definitely need to be addressed. But, I would still suggest trying the massage to see if that helps with the bruising Angel Re: bruising in casts NO! Bruising is not normal. Neither are pressure sores from casts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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