Re: New helmit and already having big problems with sores

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Darlene:

Welcome to our group.....Wow, I am soooo sorry this has happened to

poor little Noah What a scary time for you & your family. It

does sounds like he is doing better now, thank God. How is he doing

now after being on antibiotics? Have you put the helmet back on

him? Or do you in fact plan on keeping it off?

I really am so sorry for your situation. I don't remember ever

hearing of this before. Please keep us updated. Good luck.

Debbie Abby's mom DOCGrad

MI

> Thanks, we've been to the orthotist and he didn't know what to make

of it.

> We ended up in the ER at the Childrens Hospital in Hartford. At

first they

> we're talking surgery and having to lanze it. Which meant putting

Noah to

> sleep. Then they admitted him into the hospital because his white

blood

> count was to high and then they discharged him and told us we could

go home

> that is was just a skin infection and that it could be treated with

> antibiotics. I was never told that this could happen. But then

again, I was

> never told to clean the helmet constantly neither. I was only

spraying it

> with alchol once a day. They never told me to wipe his sweat away

for the

> first couple of days. Anyways I quess live and learn. Hope i can

help others

> become aware that these things can happen. Bacteria LOVE to grow in

DARK and

> DAMP places. Any slite scratch or sore from the pressure can

trigger this.

> Now their talking about scrapping the whole thing. Which my hubby

is furious

> seeing as how we've spent all this money on a helmit that our son

has only

> been able to wear for 1 week. See what happens next. Pass the word

around

> to any body you talk to about bacteria growth.

>

> Darlene

>

> Re: New helmit and already having big problems

with sores

>

>

> > Oh man, I am so sorry to hear that little Noah is having such a

rough

> > time with his helmet. Have you taken Noah back to the orthotist

so

> > that they can take a look at his head? Is it possible that Noah

> > might be allergic to the material? I would assume though, in my

very

> > unprofessional opinion, that if the sores were on the pressure

points

> > only, that the helmet is too tight there and an adjustment is

> > needed. Without seeing the sores, or even being familiar with

> > impetigo, its hard to say for sure. Definitely keep the helmet

off

> > until the sores go away, and make an appointment with your ortho.

> > Welcome to the group, and please keep us posted!

> >

> > Niki

> > Kaylie & Danny (STAR grads)

> > Phila., PA

> >

> >

> > --- In Plagiocephaly@y..., " noblelourdes " <noblelourdes@n...>

wrote:

> > > Hi, I'm new to the site. My son (Noah) was fitted for his

helmit 3

> > > weeks ago. He started wearing the helmit 1 week ago and now he

is

> > > having sores on his head. It's were the pressure points are. He

> > woke

> > > up one morning with a big bump and it was red. I didn't put the

> > > helmit back on and then the following day he got up and it was

> > oozing

> > > yellow pus. he was admitted to the hospital because they thought

> > that

> > > it needed to be lansed then they said it was impetigo. I was

told

> > > impetigo blisters. His wound never blistered. Did anybody ever

have

> > > this problem??????? Please help! I'm at my wits end with

driving

> > > back and forth to this hospital and all these doctors who don't

> > know.

> >

> >

> >

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