Used foam with a hole cut n it last night and it had improved a lot this morning ..redness was much lighter.
Nicki From: Derrick [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2016 5:41 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Pressure Sore get off & lay on side as long as you can. Can you put a special pillow between your thighs to keep it open for catheter as you lay on your side? i bought a large pregnancy pillow to help keeping me on my side. derrick w On 12/15/2016 2:13 PM, Nichole Rohling wrote: Ive 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 its 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 cant lay on my side because my catheter doesnt 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 arent sealed and I thought you werent suppose to put that directly on an open sore? Nicki
