Re: Soaking/cutting off Fiberglass casts?

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I haven't read the other replies (it's kind of late and I should be

in bed! so I don't know if anyone suggested these, but first,

have you called Dr. Ponseti's office or to find out what they

suggest? Second, you could always take her to an emergency room. My

insurance charges a $25 co-pay for emergency room visits. If yours

is the same, maybe you could take her there and they could cut the

cast off for you. I know that was always an option for me if I saw

any problems with my son's casts and it was a weekend or something

like that where I couldn't get the the ortho. Just a thought. Good

luck!!

>

> Hi, guys! I know that this has been addressed before, but I have

done a

> a search through the posts using 'scissors' and 'cut casts off' and

> cannot find anything specific. 's post-tentomy casts come off

> next Tuesday. I know what the bandage scissors looked like that

> always uses to cut the casts off (but that was when they were

plaster).

> Dr. Ponseti put in fiberglass (only a thin layer of

fiberglass,

> underneath is plaster) casts since she is crawling. The plaster

would

> have shredded after a week or so...Anyway, going back to her

original

> ortho in Florida isn't an option to have the casts removed. My

brother

> in law is an ortho tech out of state, and suggested penny cutters

from

> a hardware store. (He does not work in a pediatric ortho clinic,

and

> when we saw the sharp edges of the scissors he suggested, we knew

this

> wasn't

> acceptible.) Any ideas about what I would need to get these off?

Once I

> am through the fiberglass, I know that I will be okay, but until

> then...If I need to order some special tool, I'd better do it by

> tomorrow, or I'm afraid it won't get here in time. =-(

> Thanks in advance for your help,

> ( 2/1/05 bcf)

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