3/3/11
Materials
1 newspaper bag or other small plastic bag – wide sunday edition is best
2 ‘tall’ kitchen garbage bags – ~ 13 gal.
2 largish rubber bands
waterproof adhesive tape
bandage tape – paper tape ok – lots of it
(optional) 1 foot & toe cut off men’s sock – i.e., cut below heel – good old stretchy white athletic sox fine
wet wipes
lotion
Procedure
1. cut about a 4” cuff off newspaper bag so you have a cylinder open at top & bottom.
2. tuck one edge inside bottom of cast at toe and fold other edge back out over bottom of cast to keep edge dry.
3. pull sockette on over your toe, covering the plastic edging.
4. pull rest of nspr bag on over whole foot like a plastic sock, covering heel if poss.
5. wrap excess for snug fit, taping as you go.
6. wrap waterproof adhesive tape all around top of plastic sock to seal it. go around twice.
7. cut a few inches off top of both trash bags so they will cover whole cast from toe up without too much excess.
8. pull on one trash bag, fitting toe into corner
9. put one rubber band around ankle to gather slack
10. wrap bag close to leg, folding over to fit and gathering in, securing with paper tape, to provide minimal catch area for water; try to fold over so there is one main straight fold
11. run paper tape all the way up the long fold to close seam
12. tuck top of bag under (in) as close to top of cast as possible while still leaving an edge to tape to leg
13. tape all around top of bag to secure to leg, leaving knee joint as free as poss. go around several times.
14. tape up slack.
15, pull second bag over first and repeat steps 8 through 14 with 2nd bag, bringing upper tucked edge just a little higher than first bag
now go. watch your step. use a mat. try to keep leg out of direct water stream.
dry plastic outside before removing.
remove layer by layer and feel each layer before removal. dry each one.
if well done, sockeete will still be dry when you get to it.
before removing the first plastic cast edge from step 2, have DH wipe down toesies with wet wipes, apply lotion, & then mop up excess lotion btw toes.
there. been doing that for 6 wks. shower takes about 1.25 hour.