PM's and poison ivy :(

July 31, 2006

Hello,

Just wondering if anyone else has had the pleasure of dealing with

the brace and poison ivy? Just when I think life is settling down a

little bit we decide to stand right by a patch of poison ivy and let

our dd drop her hat into it....oh yes...that's right....and pick it

up and put it back on her head!!!! Well...it's now spread to her

legs and she has about a nickle size patch of it on the front of her

ankle. We put her PM's on last night and when I checked it this

morning the area is about 2 1/2 sizes bigger.....I think the heat

makes it worse.

Now my question.....what do we do? If the heat from wearing the

shoes is only going to make it worse and spread it should be leave

the shoes off? But leaving the shoes off could lead to

relapse???? Right now she is at 14-16 hours (we usually do 16

hours) per Dr. Ponseti.

Any thoughts?

Thanks,

and Mallory (11.21.05--urcf--PM's 16/7)

July 31, 2006

,

I'm so sorry to hear about Mallory's bout with poison ivy. Poor

thing! The only thing that I could think of is to maybe change your

regiment to shorter periods of brace-time throughout the day with

frequent sock-changing and application of medicine in between

instead of doing the hours all at once at night. This will depend

on 's temperament and your daily schedule (i.e. if she's in

daycare...of course she's probably not in daycare if she's

contagious either!).

Good luck and I hope you don't get it!

>

> Hello,

>

> Just wondering if anyone else has had the pleasure of dealing with

> the brace and poison ivy? Just when I think life is settling

down a

> little bit we decide to stand right by a patch of poison ivy and

let

> our dd drop her hat into it....oh yes...that's right....and pick

it

> up and put it back on her head!!!! Well...it's now spread to her

> legs and she has about a nickle size patch of it on the front of

her

> ankle. We put her PM's on last night and when I checked it this

> morning the area is about 2 1/2 sizes bigger.....I think the heat

> makes it worse.

>

> Now my question.....what do we do? If the heat from wearing the

> shoes is only going to make it worse and spread it should be leave

> the shoes off? But leaving the shoes off could lead to

> relapse???? Right now she is at 14-16 hours (we usually do 16

> hours) per Dr. Ponseti.

>

> Any thoughts?

>

> Thanks,

>

> and Mallory (11.21.05--urcf--PM's 16/7)

>

July 31, 2006

Poison Ivy is spread through an oil that can remain on affected items more than

a year. It's necessary that everything touched by the Ivy be washed thoroughly

or it can re-contaminate. That would mean her brace at this point, as well as

other things.... but there are Otc things that can really help the spread and

relieve the itching for her. Hope it gets better soon!

ee

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PM's and poison ivy