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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Arthritis / November 2005Success wiith Wound Vac!
YEAH!!! If I could dance I do the Happy Dance. At least until the time comes to remove this thing and change the dressing on Wednesday that is. The nurse/rep of the machine compay came today and walked the home health care nurse thru the application for those with difficult skin. Apparently they had neglected to tell my nurse that even with the special adhesive to protect the skin, a small overlay of tagaderm still had to be applied to the skin. With that skinny little sliver of tagaderm (which I may be spelling wrong) a proper seal is now in place and the machine "sucks" in a good way. I think it will be ok in removal as long as they use the adhesive removal when they try. The nurse rep gave the home healthcare nurse instructions on how to leave the seal material in place and just remove the dressing which will be fine as long as it doesn't stick to the wound. If it sticks to the wound, we will have to soak the sponge (dressing) with saline which will break the seal and then have to remove the whole dang thing and start from scratch. Keep your fingers crosed for me on Wednesday.........Glad this is over for now. DianeW Good news Diane. Hope Wednesday goes alright with dressing change. debbie m. > YEAH!!! If I could dance I do the Happy Dance. At least until the time > comes to remove this thing and change the dressing on Wednesday that [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > scratch. Keep your fingers crosed for me on Wednesday.........Glad this > is over for now. DianeW Very glad for the good results with the rep from the nmachine company. Will pray that the home health care nurse absorbed everything she was told today so Wednesday will be a piece of cake. Gwen > YEAH!!! If I could dance I do the Happy Dance. At least until the time > comes to remove this thing and change the dressing on Wednesday that [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > scratch. Keep your fingers crosed for me on Wednesday.........Glad this > is over for now. DianeW So happy the vac is now working properly. Hope it gives the desired result. Alex, the young man who injured himself so badly also just started vac therapy on a skin graft that won't take. Hope the vac works like it should and like the docs hope AND that you both heal properly. Adelle > YEAH!!! If I could dance I do the Happy Dance. At least until the time > comes to remove this thing and change the dressing on Wednesday that [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > scratch. Keep your fingers crosed for me on Wednesday.........Glad this > is over for now. DianeW Adelle, is it a skin graft on his leg? Still praying. Gwen > So happy the vac is now working properly. Hope it gives the desired > result. [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] >> scratch. Keep your fingers crosed for me on Wednesday.........Glad this >> is over for now. DianeW Yes, his leg (over a spot where muscle had to be removed). If the vac doesn't work, he'll need another graft. It would be his 4th. And until the graft takes and the wound starts healing, he can't be placed in rehab because he's not ambulatory. He's been in the hospital 6 and a half weeks now. His mom says his attitude is pretty good. And his friends have been making the schlep down into Boston to visit. They keep bringing him candy and stuff. But he's really frustrated at not being able to walk, or even start working towards it. The parents are alternating who spends the day/night with him. Not sure how they are working that out with their employers. Thank you for keeping him in your prayers. Adelle > Adelle, is it a skin graft on his leg? Still praying. > Gwen [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] >>> scratch. Keep your fingers crosed for me on Wednesday.........Glad this >>> is over for now. DianeW I'm sorry it's taking Alex so long to heal. He must be so frustrated. He's not diabetic is he? High blood sugar can make it harder for wounds to heal so maybe candy, while being thoughtful, may not be the best treat for him! My wound care clinic is always on me about my blood sugar numbers when I go in. DianeW Nope, not diabetic. The muscle underneath the skin had to be removed because it was died. I think his mom said the lack of healthy blood-fed tissue underneath is compromising the skin grafts. Adelle > I'm sorry it's taking Alex so long to heal. He must be so frustrated. > He's not diabetic is he? High blood sugar can make it harder for > wounds to heal so maybe candy, while being thoughtful, may not be the > best treat for him! My wound care clinic is always on me about my blood > sugar numbers when I go in. DianeW OK - typing issue, not grammar issue!!!!! Meant to say the muscle tissue was dead. Adelle > Nope, not diabetic. The muscle underneath the skin had to be removed > because it was died. I think his mom said the lack of healthy blood-fed [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >> best treat for him! My wound care clinic is always on me about my blood >> sugar numbers when I go in. DianeW I am doing the happy chair dance for you. good news. I hope it works.  SignatureLove and hugs to all Good thoughts coming your way too. Squirrely Jo > YEAH!!! If I could dance I do the Happy Dance. At least until the time > comes to remove this thing and change the dressing on Wednesday that [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > scratch. Keep your fingers crosed for me on Wednesday.........Glad this > is over for now. DianeW got my fingers crossed for Wednesday and for the wound vac speeding up your healing big-time! SignatureNann remove the Gator cheer to email me Simply the thing I am shall make me live --- William Shakespeare I'm happy for you. Now let's hope you get a "good" nurse on Wednesday. We had one that wasn't sure what she was doing so we requested her not to come again. She was ok with that as she wasn't sure why the sent her in the first place. She did tell us what her special area was. The rest were good and waited a little bit before they left to make sure the 'seal' held. Like I had stated, DH did have quite a problem with tape. Will be watching for your updates. Butterfly > YEAH!!! If I could dance I do the Happy Dance. At least until the time > comes to remove this thing and change the dressing on Wednesday that [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > scratch. Keep your fingers crosed for me on Wednesday.........Glad this > is over for now. DianeW I'm going to have the same nurse everytime as far as I know. She lives in my area so that makes it easier for her. And I think she's good. She was just missing a piece of important info about the deoderm application. Can't fault her for that! Is that what they used in place of tape on your husband? Or did they use the tagaderm drape on him? DianeW |
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