There is always one more worry. I know you’re shaking your head “just one?”
Despite the comical appearance, these are meant to protect the skin on the heels.
In fact, since he’s been bedbound, I have been put on red alert. The skin is susceptible to breaking down. Bed sores are a real and unpleasant danger.
As I write, I am thinking, I told y’all about this. Sure enough.
Honestly, it is distressing. I hope the prodigious amount of cream I massage and slather on him will ward off this worry.
By the way, a nurse told me that massaging the skin on and around stimulates circulation at the pressure sores. That’s good, Nurse M tells me.
this is our life 