Re: Helpful Tip - Flossing

[Guest guest]

I had not heard of that....great idea =) I'm sure it does feel good to Noah!

wrote: Hi Everyone,

All this talk about skin irritations got me thinking. I don't think

I've ever seen anyone post about " flossing " before. We stimulate

Noah's skin every night before bed by flossing. It's something that

Mike Pond in SLC showed us upon getting Noah's 1st cast. You simply

pull his cast undershirt down at the bottom and then pull it at the

rib cutout in the back. You can also then pull it at the top by his

neck. You just gently move the shirt back and forth (in a flossing

motion) so that it's rubbing his skin underneath the cast. He told us

to do it 2x a day to stimulate his skin. As you know, the skin

underneath the cast doesn't get touched for months at a time - by

flossing it's like it's getting touched. Noah loves when we do it.

We do it every night before bed. It helps relax him too.

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[Guest guest]

mentioned a while ago that sometimes she used a pair of nylons

to clean out the back of the cast. This might be a good idea to floss

with the nylons, too.

S

[Guest guest]

,

This sounds great, thanks for posting it! It's the first I've heard of doing

it, but it seems so nice. I want to try.

Would you tell me if Noah's undershirt is loose, or is it attached to the cast?

Todd's is pulled very taut, then taped to the outside of the cast over some

padding at the edges of the cast. It seems just about too taut to move at all.

It is cut out at the cast cutouts so the skin there is exposed. I've seem some

pictures of casts with the undershirt not cut away, so just wondering if Todd's

is similar to Noah's.

How much do you pull the shirt? Do we have to be careful about stretching it

too much?

Thanks,

, Mommy to Todd

Helpful Tip - Flossing

Hi Everyone,

All this talk about skin irritations got me thinking. I don't think

I've ever seen anyone post about " flossing " before. We stimulate

Noah's skin every night before bed by flossing. It's something that

Mike Pond in SLC showed us upon getting Noah's 1st cast. You simply

pull his cast undershirt down at the bottom and then pull it at the

rib cutout in the back. You can also then pull it at the top by his

neck. You just gently move the shirt back and forth (in a flossing

motion) so that it's rubbing his skin underneath the cast. He told us

to do it 2x a day to stimulate his skin. As you know, the skin

underneath the cast doesn't get touched for months at a time - by

flossing it's like it's getting touched. Noah loves when we do it.

We do it every night before bed. It helps relax him too.

~

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Hi

I think the T-shirt thing is great its vary stretchy. We can stretch

it to Dylan's knees. Then pull it back up through his tummy he loves

it. The bottom hangs out of the cast about 4 " but it streches easliy

a foot. The 4 " that hangs out we just fold up on the cast. I never

thought of it flossing more getting rid of itches but thats a great

name for it. The T-shirt is great you can pull it down wash it dry it

then pull it back up. Its great to keep him a little cleaner. Maybe

SLC is the only one that uses this type of t-shirt. I would say I

like it. Dylan never had a t-shirt in his other casts So this is a

plus.

Darrell

>

> ,

> This sounds great, thanks for posting it! It's the first I've

heard of doing it, but it seems so nice. I want to try.

> Would you tell me if Noah's undershirt is loose, or is it attached

to the cast? Todd's is pulled very taut, then taped to the outside

of the cast over some padding at the edges of the cast. It seems

just about too taut to move at all. It is cut out at the cast

cutouts so the skin there is exposed. I've seem some pictures of

casts with the undershirt not cut away, so just wondering if Todd's

is similar to Noah's.

> How much do you pull the shirt? Do we have to be careful about

stretching it too much?

> Thanks,

> , Mommy to Todd

>

>

> Helpful Tip - Flossing

>

> Hi Everyone,

> All this talk about skin irritations got me thinking. I don't think

> I've ever seen anyone post about " flossing " before. We stimulate

> Noah's skin every night before bed by flossing. It's something that

> Mike Pond in SLC showed us upon getting Noah's 1st cast. You simply

> pull his cast undershirt down at the bottom and then pull it at the

> rib cutout in the back. You can also then pull it at the top by his

> neck. You just gently move the shirt back and forth (in a flossing

> motion) so that it's rubbing his skin underneath the cast. He told

us

> to do it 2x a day to stimulate his skin. As you know, the skin

> underneath the cast doesn't get touched for months at a time - by

> flossing it's like it's getting touched. Noah loves when we do it.

> We do it every night before bed. It helps relax him too.

> ~

>

>

>

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

I think that's the standard cast shirt (and subsequent brace shirt).

It's made by Knit-Rite, if memory serves. Apparently one of the

hospitals uses an antimicrobial type of shirt, too, which is really

cool. However, during the petaling process our hospital cuts the

shirt apart and rolls it up over the edges of the cast. So, the shirt

is a piece of the cast now almost - like a bottom layer - versus being

a shirt underneath it. I did find that when Jack had a stomach virus

and his diaper was leaking repeatedly, I could pull the tape off and

stretch the shirt out more to cut off that piece, then tape it back

down.

Speaking of tape - I'd love to see pictures of the neoprene.

Sandi

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

Noah's undershirt is loose. We do not pedal or tape it up and his

skin is not exposed in the cut-outs. So the shirt is able to move

easily when pulled. The only exception is we have cut open his

stomach and pedaled the shirt so that his belly is exposed. We did

this in the last 2 casts mainly because he was upset that " he didn't

have a belly button. " LOL But even with the belly cut-out now open

the back flossing still works well.

I don't think you need to worry about pulling it too much. The

shirt is very stretchy. I wouldn't pull on yours though if it's

taped/pedaled up. Perhaps just consider leaving it loose in the

next cast.

~

>

> ,

> This sounds great, thanks for posting it! It's the first I've

heard of doing it, but it seems so nice. I want to try.

> Would you tell me if Noah's undershirt is loose, or is it attached

to the cast? Todd's is pulled very taut, then taped to the outside

of the cast over some padding at the edges of the cast. It seems

just about too taut to move at all. It is cut out at the cast

cutouts so the skin there is exposed. I've seem some pictures of

casts with the undershirt not cut away, so just wondering if Todd's

is similar to Noah's.

> How much do you pull the shirt? Do we have to be careful about

stretching it too much?

> Thanks,

> , Mommy to Todd

>

>

> Helpful Tip - Flossing

>

> Hi Everyone,

> All this talk about skin irritations got me thinking. I don't

think

> I've ever seen anyone post about " flossing " before. We stimulate

> Noah's skin every night before bed by flossing. It's something

that

> Mike Pond in SLC showed us upon getting Noah's 1st cast. You

simply

> pull his cast undershirt down at the bottom and then pull it at

the

> rib cutout in the back. You can also then pull it at the top by

his

> neck. You just gently move the shirt back and forth (in a flossing

> motion) so that it's rubbing his skin underneath the cast. He told

us

> to do it 2x a day to stimulate his skin. As you know, the skin

> underneath the cast doesn't get touched for months at a time - by

> flossing it's like it's getting touched. Noah loves when we do it.

> We do it every night before bed. It helps relax him too.

> ~

>

>

>

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Ours is taped to the cast but it is still so stretchy that I do the

" flossing " without untaping it. I Just grab into the cast a bit and

pull.

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Subject: Re: Re: Helpful Tip - Flossing

I think that's the standard cast shirt (and subsequent brace shirt).

It's made by Knit-Rite, if memory serves. Apparently one of the

hospitals uses an antimicrobial type of shirt, too, which is really

cool. However, during the petaling process our hospital cuts the

shirt apart and rolls it up over the edges of the cast. So, the shirt

is a piece of the cast now almost - like a bottom layer - versus being

a shirt underneath it. I did find that when Jack had a stomach virus

and his diaper was leaking repeatedly, I could pull the tape off and

stretch the shirt out more to cut off that piece, then tape it back

down.

Speaking of tape - I'd love to see pictures of the neoprene.

Sandi