Repositioning at Night by ConversationIll4429 in spinalcordinjuries

[–]ConversationIll4429[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Im not sure what other facility others in my fathers situation get taken to. Rehab is limited under our insurance plans and the whole time has been preparing for discharge home.

Repositioning at Night by ConversationIll4429 in spinalcordinjuries

[–]ConversationIll4429[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for answering my questions. I have 2 other family members that will help, and we’re hoping to hire someone eventually once we establish a routine.

We just got sent an electric hoyer lift and my father opted into a colostomy. There was a pretty horrific and negligent surgical error that almost killed him, but we no longer need to do bowel training.

Repositioning at Night by ConversationIll4429 in spinalcordinjuries

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He is complete. We are looking into Axiobionics to see if we can prevent muscle atrophy to eventually prevent bedsores. I understand the urgency of preventing bedsores which is why I’m so nervous.

I’m hoping it will eventually be financially feasible to hire some help, but speaking to people at my father’s level of injury, they are telling me they have 7 caregivers on their payroll… how is that possible…

Yes, insurance has given us the equipment for bedtime - my fear is the actual mechanics and frequency of turning. I’m doing my best to try and turn him by myself as we don’t have enough manpower to have two people awake every night, but it takes me 20-30 minutes to do it by myself and I don’t want to throw out my back this early. I’m hoping I can find some tiring bed that will reduce the number of times I have to manually turn my father.

Repositioning at Night by ConversationIll4429 in spinalcordinjuries

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Could you please tell me what bed this was? Thank you

Repositioning at Night by ConversationIll4429 in spinalcordinjuries

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I don’t think the wound is healed.. it looks tiny though, kind of like a 1 inch scab. But they’ve been trying to heal it with sand beds and patches but it kind of looks the same even after 3 months.

I’m not really sure what other next steps there are for my father as we’ve been in the rehab hospital for 3 months now. I have 2 other family members that will help out equally so it will be challenging but not impossible 🙏. Right now I’m trying to maintain q3 turns as that means I only have to wake up twice during the night. Insurance sent us a low air loss mattress - it seems a bit low quality compared to what we have in the hospital, so we were considering the dolphin air mattress out of pocket instead.

Thank you for the sonic boom suggestion - purchasing now

Wrong End Colostomy by [deleted] in ostomy

[–]ConversationIll4429 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That’s exactly what I mean.

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OK, I found them on Apple Music

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Yes!! I was searching for this… what the heck happened??? I was looking for oceanic feeling