She took her splint off

[Donna (Colleen's Mom)]

Unbelievable, but yes, she took off the pronator splint because if was itchy!
I feel I am in for a long eight weeks...

[francine]

ohmygod- did you freak?

donna - what we did we with maia was take it off and we laid her down (she was not alllowed to move her arm at all) with her arm up and I would put on a hot washcloth to soften her skin then I would scrub it all off - then I would put on eucerin cream and put either a long sleeve undershirt on or stockinette or gauze (depending on how bad her skin breakdown was).

But the scrubbing and creaming really helped with the itchies....

good luck!
francine

[admin]

Oh no. Is it not supposed to come off like with the mod quad? Did you talk to Dr. Shenaq about this. Ugh! I feel for ya hon! Call me when you get a chance. Don't worry about calling me at work either, I won't get in trouble!

[Donna (Colleen's Mom)]

Francine,
I hope I freaked enough to give her the impression that she should not take it off again!

I thought about the stockinette, but I thought it would be too hot for her. I have been removing the splint daily and really washing her arm up, and letting the water run over her hand. I also let her take a paper towel and "scratch" the itchy area. That seemed to satisy her for a while.

Only one more week for the Steri-Strips and seven more weeks for the splint!