Additionally you should keep your heels and ankles elevated with either heel lifts or pillows under your ankles... I'm surprised it's on your ankle and not your heel.
While its healing try to either keep all pressure off it or rotate pressure elsewhere by turning. It's easier to prevent skin breakdown than it is for it to heal, you should try to make it a routine to check for early signs of pressure sores or if you're like me a c2 quad have a caregiver or family member check daily. My cargivers do it while I do my range of motion exercises. Danny From: ~LittleQuad~ [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2012 8:26 AM To: Quad-list post Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] sore Keep all pressure off of it at night. Put little pads where it won't be on bed. LQ ~LittleQuad~ Sent from my BlackBerry _____ From: "Eric W Rudd" <[email protected]> Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2012 23:39:19 -0500 To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] sore & find the source & relieve it Eric W Rudd [email protected] From: Patrick Kenneally <mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2012 6:24 PM To: [email protected] ; [email protected] Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] sore Hi Paul, I had one last year and kept it elevated during sleep. Irrigated it with saline between showers. I used Bacitracin one day and Dermawound the next. I also keep it elevated since at night as a precaution. Patrick C6-7 22yrs --- On Sat, 7/28/12, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: [QUAD-L] sore To: [email protected] Date: Saturday, July 28, 2012, 2:25 PM Hi Everyone, I just had a small pressure sore open up on my right ankle.I would like to ask you all which is your first line of defense when this happens? Thank you! Paul
