It worked…….looks a lot less red today. Only used 1 pillow to prop my feet up to lessen pressure too.
Slept with my feet up on a wedge for 8 years, guess my luck ran out. Nicki From: Annette Storesund [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, December 16, 2016 8:49 AM To: Nichole Rohling Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Pressure Sore the size of your sore only maybe a hair bigger. You need the sore to be in the open area and not touching anything From: Nichole Rohling Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2016 4:16 PM To: 'Annette Storesund' Subject: RE: [QUAD-L] Pressure Sore Just curious how big around did you cut the hole out? From: Annette Storesund [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2016 3:33 PM To: Nichole Rohling Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Pressure Sore You could try getting an egg crate foam and cut a strip to go under your bottom the cut a hole where your sore is which when you turn back you should have less pressure where your sore it. It works for me. Good luck! From: Nichole Rohling Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2016 1:13 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
