Sonya, my home care nurse came over today. My supplies had arrived yesterday and we waited to open it until she was here:
I had reposted a post from about a month ago explaining the ‘direct conflict’ that I was in. I have these pressure sores and I wear compression socks so the sores are not being allowed to heal as well as they could!
We have been communicating with Sonya since she first came to my house. She has told us that I may need to stop wearing my compression socks but that really isn’t an option for me because blood no longer flows easily in my legs without them on.
She spoke with the head nurse of the Home care nurses and she said that I should stop wearing my socks well my sores heal. She suggested Tubi socks instead.
Both my Mom and I decided that I would try for as long as I can to not wear my compression socks. She completed the right one and my Mom completed the left:
I will tell you that it is the weirdest feeling to not have my compression socks on! I wonder how long it will take for my legs to begin to swell. Luckily, I was able to put my shoes on over the to be socks do you get traction when I transfer:
I need shoes on when I transfer from my bed to my chair for traction. Sonya even stayed until I was safely in my chair as my Mom‘s spotter.
She cleaned my sores with saline in a syringe and activated prisma with a few drops of saline and put it on my sore. Prisma is collagen that will aid my sore in healing. My Mom will change the dressing on Saturday and on Monday I will go to the infectious disease clinic and they will clean my dressing after they look at my sores.
Sonya told us that she will call after my appointment and after she reviews the notes they put in to my chart. I have been very concerned about my feet turning purple so this is how I have been sitting in front of my TV:
I texted both my friend Bert and my best friend Ami to get their take on pants being an option while my feet heal. Here are their responses:
It seems like it’s settled. I will NOT wear pants in my house until I no longer need dressings on my feet. I think that this fact will make Sean jealous because he always wants to be pantsless in our house.
My feet feel supported because I have the Prisma on them. It feels like when I got the star on my knee at ATI after I tore my meniscus and before surgery. It will be a very long time that my feet will take to heal but at this point, I am cautiously optimistic!