poor SB. she had a dreadful night, and a dreadful day. bless her. chris and i also similar in dreadful night and day, as really you just want to wipe away the pain.
today, SB finally really grasped she wouldn’t be better by the weekend. i had been gently leading her to that, but the addition of the half plaster today – which she hates thoroughly – convinced her. the fact that we had already ordered waterproof thingummies didn’t appease at all. it hurt to have her dressing changed, the plaster is hot and heavy. she is miserable ++. i was still worried at the look of the skin injury [much more of a concern than the break] but prob most is a partial thickness with 1 large and 3 small full thickness areas. i had quite a discussion with what seems to be our family orthopaedic surgeon [well, he did little nanny's hip, and i moved mum to him with her christmas factor]. he has a lovely and confident manner. so the plan is for me to dress it [ bit of a worry that] every 3 days and when we come back a reassessment wrt healing. so i am nervous that i will miss it if it starts to look infected [cos it looks truly dreadful!] but if i am worried, i guess a and e is our friend!
but yes, it looks awful, and she is on horrible antibiotics, and she feels down and waily and basically needed 100% hugs all day. this has left BB somewhat less than impressed, but TBH, she was much better about it than she could have been. [actually, should give BB quite a credit here really for taking second place without much tantrums] a combination of watching ballet shoes, finding nemo, playing games and the new ds game of zoo hospital which arrived today [she bought it] and giving analgesia [both paracetamol and ibuprofen] in max dose by the clock got us through, and i have cuddled her off to sleep.
just paranoid about healing!!
obviously we are not packed, we haven’t done anything round the house, and i am back at work tomorrow [no choice to take time off tomorrow]. hope SB ok without me [guilt of working parent]
arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
thankyou to merry and girls for presents, although SB not in an investigative mood earlier, she had a good look at them this evening and is really happy and glad to have lovely friends. she was also touched by email from various HE friends – thankyou.
no wonder it was a mopey day, I think I’d have needed 100% cuddles too in her situation! Just sending more love your way, I’m sure you’ll be fine with changing the dressings while you’re away. Hope tomorrow’s working day goes quickly for you, Helen.
How will you change dressings with a pot on it?
Poor sweetpea, i felt so sad for her.
its a 3/4 round, so I have to cut it off carefully, then redress the wound, then bandage and carefully reslide pot back on and rebandage again. this is why i am worried! the dressing bit is fine!!
I hated changing dressings on Aprilia’s burn so you have my deepest sympathy. Can you use either a “WAterGel” dressing (fab for heat burns, no idea if they work for friction but I should think they would) or a Hydrocolloid type one to help the healing? Hydrocolloids don’t seem to stick over the wound so badly and are waterproof without being sweaty We used both on Aprilia and it did make life more comfortable for her.
i’ve been given jelonet and non-stick gauze, but bound to be sweaty, as then layers of pot and bandage!
Oh poor SB, poor all of you, it sounds awful
Yeah, i got deeply freaked out by Maddy’s burn the day it had wept so badly that EVERYTHING had stuck to it. It was gross.
Helen, you deliver babies, do surgery through places even a postman would consider too small and can slice someone open in moments; you can do a pot!
Oh, just want to drive up and cuddle you all
Sending lots of love and best wishes xxx
thanks all. the thing is merry, this is MY baby!