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, <wheelch...@aol.com> 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, > jlu...@eskimo.com 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, <wheelch...@aol.com> 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, >> jlu...@eskimo.com 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 >> >> >
