Jim, you should be able to go out patient and get the wound vacuum and have a visiting nurse take care of it. I got mine while hospitalized because of my foot surgery that went wrong. I think they would do them outpatient. I would ask my doctor and maybe search for a Dr. that would do outpatient. I had mine for two months and the agency took care of it. I have gotten a pic line to my heart for IVs with Pseudomonas in my lungs. I would think they would be equal procedures. I had to have skin from my stomach use for my heel, that was also outpatient. No I take that back I had to stay overnight. I hate going in the hospital as they never know how to do my care. It is a nightmare.
Does anyone have the same experiences. Just my experiences. Dana In a message dated 1/22/2014 1:31:26 P.M. Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: I didn't get why I couldn't get a wound vac at home without going to the hospital first. Oh well, I have night nurses (due to being on the vent) and they clean and change the packing every morning. On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 5:28 AM, <[email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) > wrote: Jim, your situation must be most unique. I know of dozens of Quads, using wound vacs at home. Some are changed twice a day, once a day and sometimes, once every 3 days, by a nurse. Wound cleaning is usually done at a hospital or clinic so the medical doctor/wound specialist can observe progress. Some nurses take phone/pictures of the wound with each change in dressing and convey it to the doctors. Best Wishes In a message dated 1/21/2014 8:40:52 P.M. Central Standard Time, [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) writes: they briefly discussed a wound vac, but it would have involved a stay in the hospital. I'm too paranoid of getting any infections going to a hospital. This year makes 25 years and the only respiratory infection I have ever had was year 1 while in rehab. Over the year it went from 2.7cm deep to 1cm deep now. Might heal faster if I completely get off it but I have not been, just on the alternating air mattress. On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 4:35 PM, <[email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) > wrote: Sorry to hear that Jim. Are you also using a wound vac? Best Wishes In a message dated 1/21/2014 6:33:42 P.M. Central Standard Time, [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) writes: I've been in bed since December 2012. I've only been getting out of bed into my chair once a month to go to the wound clinic. I use to hate being in bed but have realized what the problem was that with my adaptive input not setup to use from bed I couldn't do anything. Now that I can use the computer from bed and control the tv/dvr using a slingbox, I can do everything I would normally be doing from bed. No need to get dressed, do transfers in and out of bed saving about an hour a day to do something else. My would was small but deep. I was given the option of flap surgery but that would require going to the hospital then a nursing home. No thanks. So it's healing slowly, no infections. My nurses change the packing in the wound daily. Jim
