Re: [QUAD-L] sore advice and pressure relief.
I think you'll be ok now that your cushion is properly inflated. I had a sore that I got in rehab over the summer heal while sitting on my roho after they got me on an air mattress at night. Its the other sore that got infected and lead to another surgery in almost the same place as the sore I got fixed last year. When I met with the wheelchair dealer for a new chair, he said that he has seen people heal on a roho cushion. As long as it has the proper amount of air in it and pressure relief is being done. Speaking of pressure relief, since I got this surgery fusing my back even more, I am not longer able to get any sort of shoulder deppresion that leaves me unable to get my butt off of the surface. I lean now. I haven't gotten any new breakdown since the episode over the summer but am curious how you all do your pressure relief. Stacy From: RONALD L PRACHT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; quad-list@eskimo.com Sent: Saturday, December 6, 2008 1:01:38 PM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] need advice on pressure sore hey dan, ive got little purplish bruises b4 that go away without doing anything , like when a transfer goes a lil wrong and you hit something. as far as what to put on it someone else here on the list prob has a better idea. i dont think it is gotten to a severe stage yet though . ron c7 --- On Sat, 12/6/08, Danny Hearn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Danny Hearn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [QUAD-L] need advice on pressure sore To: quad-list@eskimo.com Date: Saturday, December 6, 2008, 10:57 AM HI - All, I need help with a new pressure sore issue my roho got a bit low but i could not tell and now i got a small pressure sore on my left side of my bottom. My wife said it looks sort of like a purple colored bruisecan you guys tell me the best things to put on one early---when it has not even opened up??? is lantaseptic or bag balm good for it ?? i'm real worried because last april, i got a blister on my heel from my wife buying a pair of tennis shoes one size too small---that turned into a pressure sore and now 7 months later it is still slightly discolored and i still only wear sandal type shoe to keep all pressure off that area. So besides the last shoe incidentthis is my 1st time with a butt area pressure sore---i know to do pressure release and stay off as much as possible-- but not sure what to put on it in the early stages. thanks for any help ! Dan H. C-6 11 1/2 yr. post
Re: [QUAD-L] Flap surgery and Picc line
They have you flush it after each dose. Make sure you follow those instructions because the pic could get a blood clot then you will really have problems. Mine wasn't properly flushed in the hospital and then they had to call the iv team to my room to get it unclogged. From: Eric W Rudd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: quad-list@eskimo.com Sent: Monday, December 8, 2008 7:30:04 PM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Flap surgery and Picc line just make sure u flush it, as they'll probably tell ya, can't rember but think mine was flushed twice a day. Eric W Rudd [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: floreen To: quad-list@eskimo.com Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 6:06 PM Subject: [QUAD-L] Flap surgery and Picc line My husband recently had a flap surgery and is set to come home on Thursday. He just got his picc line he will be coming home with...I am his caregiver and will be in charge of giving his antibiotics through the picc line...has anyone else had to do a picc line before, any tips? Thanks in advance, Floreen Wife and caregiver to Jason c5-6 incomplete diving accident 2004
Re: [QUAD-L] Flap surgery and Picc line
I actually just got finished with long term antibiotics and cared for my own pic line. I would just do what the nurse tells you to. She should set it up, give him his first dose and show you how to do it. I hope it all goes well for you, Stacy From: floreen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: quad-list@eskimo.com Sent: Monday, December 8, 2008 7:06:11 PM Subject: [QUAD-L] Flap surgery and Picc line My husband recently had a flap surgery and is set to come home on Thursday. He just got his picc line he will be coming home with...I am his caregiver and will be in charge of giving his antibiotics through the picc line...has anyone else had to do a picc line before, any tips? Thanks in advance, Floreen Wife and caregiver to Jason c5-6 incomplete diving accident 2004
Re: [QUAD-L] Flap surgery and Picc line
Mine was Dr ordered for a home health nurse *to do* *it*. I've had a PICC line in at home twice in the last 4 years. The less my husband has to do (and he is doing 99+% of my daily care) the better. Are you the same Floreen as on the SCIC list? Lori On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 5:06 PM, floreen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My husband recently had a flap surgery and is set to come home on > Thursday. He just got his picc line he will be coming home with...I am > his caregiver and will be in charge of giving his antibiotics through the > picc line...has anyone else had to do a picc line before, any tips? > > Thanks in advance, > > Floreen > > Wife and caregiver to Jason c5-6 incomplete diving accident 2004 > -- Lori C4/5 complete quad, 27 years post Tucson, AZ
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Re: [QUAD-L] Flap surgery and Picc line
just make sure u flush it, as they'll probably tell ya, can't rember but think mine was flushed twice a day. Eric W Rudd [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: floreen To: quad-list@eskimo.com Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 6:06 PM Subject: [QUAD-L] Flap surgery and Picc line My husband recently had a flap surgery and is set to come home on Thursday. He just got his picc line he will be coming home with...I am his caregiver and will be in charge of giving his antibiotics through the picc line...has anyone else had to do a picc line before, any tips? Thanks in advance, Floreen Wife and caregiver to Jason c5-6 incomplete diving accident 2004
Re: [QUAD-L] Flap surgery and Picc line
Hi flo--- l don't know much about the flap, but as far as the pic line...i was sent home with one last April- they sent out a nurse to show us how to do it, plus leave instructions and a call number if you need any help or have questions, we were worried but my wife caught on to how to do it and it was not to hard for her. good luck and hope all goes well. Dan H. --- On Mon, 12/8/08, floreen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: floreen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [QUAD-L] Flap surgery and Picc line To: quad-list@eskimo.com Date: Monday, December 8, 2008, 6:06 PM My husband recently had a flap surgery and is set to come home on Thursday. He just got his picc line he will be coming home with...I am his caregiver and will be in charge of giving his antibiotics through the picc line...has anyone else had to do a picc line before, any tips? Thanks in advance, Floreen Wife and caregiver to Jason c5-6 incomplete diving accident 2004
[QUAD-L] Flap surgery and Picc line
My husband recently had a flap surgery and is set to come home on Thursday. He just got his picc line he will be coming home with...I am his caregiver and will be in charge of giving his antibiotics through the picc line...has anyone else had to do a picc line before, any tips? Thanks in advance, Floreen Wife and caregiver to Jason c5-6 incomplete diving accident 2004
Re: [QUAD-L] use caution
In a message dated 12/8/2008 10:07:02 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I had a friend in MI that backed out onto his lift (full size Ford van) and rolled off the end when the plate failed to tip up on the end of the lift. He was killed in the fall. I hope you're talking about a mini-van, Dave. Just a word of caution for big van users. I'm here to testify to a fall like this! I wasn't backing off but I pulled on & my dogs had caught my attention because they got out of the house. I was turning to tell my daughter & my hand hit the joystick. At the time I was in a chain driven chair (I bought out of the paper). My van was old, 1st one, plates didn't work, so off I went backwards. I barely missed the concrete & landed in the grass. My daughter had moved the van so I could get in, (not much). My head hit my husband's bronco, put a dent in the front fender. The chair is gone and so is the van! I now have a mini but I drive in and drive out forwards. I do have a lap belt and chest belt on. But Dave is right! Gotta be careful because to live and learn in this quad life...HURTS! Dianna p.s. correction...belt driven, not chain...sorry **Make your life easier with all your friends, email, and favorite sites in one place. Try it now. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom0010)
Re: [QUAD-L] use caution
In a message dated 12/8/2008 10:07:02 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I had a friend in MI that backed out onto his lift (full size Ford van) and rolled off the end when the plate failed to tip up on the end of the lift. He was killed in the fall. I hope you're talking about a mini-van, Dave. Just a word of caution for big van users. I'm here to testify to a fall like this! I wasn't backing off but I pulled on & my dogs had caught my attention because they got out of the house. I was turning to tell my daughter & my hand hit the joystick. At the time I was in a chain driven chair (I bought out of the paper). My van was old, 1st one, plates didn't work, so off I went backwards. I barely missed the concrete & landed in the grass. My daughter had moved the van so I could get in, (not much). My head hit my husband's bronco, put a dent in the front fender. The chair is gone and so is the van! I now have a mini but I drive in and drive out forwards. I do have a lap belt and chest belt on. But Dave is right! Gotta be careful because to live and learn in this quad life...HURTS! Dianna **Make your life easier with all your friends, email, and favorite sites in one place. Try it now. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom0010)
Re: [QUAD-L] use caution
I had a friend in MI that backed out onto his lift (full size Ford van) and rolled off the end when the plate failed to tip up on the end of the lift. He was killed in the fall. I hope you're talking about a mini-van, Dave. Just a word of caution for big van users. Bill <--The one in FL C6 Incomplete since 7/20/68 Age 58 Leesburg, FL Live your life in such a way that when your feet hit the floor in the morning, Satan says, "Oh shit! He's awake!" - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: quad-list@eskimo.com Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2008 4:54 PM Subject: [QUAD-L] use caution I'm finding that as time passes, many things are getting harder for me to do. I used to stand to transfer and used a manual chair for the 1st 38 years of this 'quad' thing. Now I'm electric - and my fingers and shoulders feel much better but getting dressed is much harder now as is getting into bed. I think I know where this all is going and I don't like it at all. I made a bad transfer a few years ago and heard something down under 'crunch'. As it turns out, it was my urethra which then leaked into my perineum and within days I had a uti that nearly killed me. I now take all my transfers very carefully and slowly making sure I don't goof up. I come down my van ramp backwards so I don't kiss the driveway - again, and I always have my cell phone with me just in case. In our cases, an ounce of prevention is definitely worth a ton of cure!! Be careful out there. Take the world in a love embrace Fire all of your guns at once And explode into space DAVEOCONNELL.COM -- Make your life easier with all your friends, email, and favorite sites in one place. Try it now.
