Re: Soaking/cutting off Fiberglass casts?

[Guest guest]

Kelsey had the harder fiberglass on over the plaster on her tenotomy cast and

it would not come off without a saw. There was definitely no peeling it or

soaking it off.

Jenni

artlovr wrote: Someone correct me if I am

wrong, but I believe there are two kinds

of fiberglass casting material, one is peel-away and the other has to

be cut. had the peel-off kind on his metatarsal adductus

foot. After he had the tenotomy, because he was banging his casts

together and the plaster was getting soft, we went back and had the

casts wrapped with a layer of the other kind of fiberglass.

lcf 6-19-06 FAB 23/7

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> > 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

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> > 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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