Only thing you can do is be turned gently every 2 hours; you won't be totally on your side, but pillows underneath one side will take the pressure right off your buttocks..........
From: Nichole Rohling [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2016 12:13 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [QUAD-L] Pressure Sore I've been paralyzed 18 ½ years and have had 1 pressure sore at the top of my butt crack a few years after my injury. One of my caregivers noticed last night I am getting another one. I am pretty sure it's from laying on my back in bed. I prop my feet up and my pillow top has a deep indention where my butt is. I do have a air bed on top of the mattress. I can't lay on my side because my catheter doesn't drain. Suggestions please on how you would relieve pressure on this area. Home health nurse left me aquacell to put on it but they are 6 x 6 ........she said just cut them but that leaves 2 edges that aren't sealed and I thought you weren't suppose to put that directly on an open sore? Nicki
