I had only good experiences, but only from nurses in the hospital. Only one Dr. was a total nightmare. The nurses always ask me "you know your body better than us so you tell us what we need to do." Bobbie
Smile Everyday > On Jan 22, 2014, at 2:42 PM, daa...@aol.com wrote: > > 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, > jlu...@eskimo.com 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, <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 >
