My daughter has a broken arm and has been invited to a pool party. She will not be in the pool of course but we would like to protect her arm from the water in case of splashing. Any advice to cover a cast?
Thanks everyone for the advice. We used bread bags and secured it with a scrunchy (hair accessory) at the top. Luckily, now we are in a shorter arm cast and they were able to make this one water proof. Let's hope there isn't a next time.... I did notice at some office buildings there are umbrella bags... made me think it would be a good, thick bag if we ever needed it in the future.
Hi--this is perfect--
Plastic bag-a little larger then the cast--place the arm in and cut a hole for the hand to go thru--rubber band the wrist and the top rather it be elbow or forearm. Get pretty ribbon to match her outfit and cover the rubber bands with a bow.
She is ready to go in style.
My mom used to cover my brother's arm cast with a bread bag and tapped the end down. This way he could take a bath and not have to worry about the splashing.
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rap cling flim or plastic bag over her cast. cut the botton our of the bag put her hand though it, and tape the top and bottoma little above and below the cast.
use a bread bag and tie the end on her upper arm with a rubber band.
When I was little, way back when...LOL I was the tom boy of the group, I broke both my arms,the right one twice. My mom used the plastic bread bag to keep my casts dry. I know what your daughter is going through. Poor baby. We had a built in pool in the backyard and everyone was over swimming and I couldnt get in. Hope you daughter gets well soon.
Did your doctor tell you that they now make waterproof casts? My nephew broke his leg two days before they were to go on vacation to the Bahamas and were going to cancel their trip when the doc told her that they make waterproof casts now. They put it on and and changed it about 6-10 days later. If she likes to swim or play in the water I would ask about a waterproof cast.
The Glad Press and Seal is good and you might want to reinforce the edges with some medical tape.
I just went through this, it worked in the bath tub as well.
I used the plastic bag that news papers come in. Slid it on and tuck the plastic in the top of the cast. We also put a rubber band at the top of the cast. Be careful not to put it so close to the top that it rolls onto the arm it self.
Good luck, it worked like a charm for us.
G.
Use a small sized garbage bag. Rap it first and gently tuck into cast ends then rap one for time and tie in a not. They also make waterproof casts that you may be interested in considering this time of year. That may not help in time for the party though.
My daughter also has a broken arm and I was told to use Glad Press and Seal. It really does work great>
T.
My daughter is in a cast, too. ( She is 13, though) I wrap hers in several grocery plastic bags and secure them with a large rubber band. So far it has worked. Good luck!
Is it fiberglass or plaster? Most likely it's fiberglass these days, I'd just ask the nurse or dr. Usually covering it with plastic does the trick but I had a plaster cast & had to avoid water, the dr just told me to use a plastic trash bag to cover it but that wasn't 'cool' to me so I did nothing & just avoided water. Hope this helps.
Use a bread bag and punch some holes for her fingers. One of the little girls we knew came up with that on her own bc she wanted to take a bath a couple of days after she had gotten her cast on her arm. Her mother and I were so extremely impress with her idea and how well it works. Necessity is the mother of invention, and coming from a 6 year old child, it was more special.
wrap it in clear cling wrap,put a little medical tape on it to make sure it stays,it will be fine there not plaster anymoreso it will be jusy fine hope she has a GREAT TIME
D.,
Perhaps you could use the bags that come on home-delivery newspapers to keep them from moisture/rain. They are L-O-N-G PLASTIC BAGS that you could open at the other end, slip up over her cast, and then tape at the top and bottom. Use a couple of these bags together to ensure water resistance. "Daily" bags are probably large enough, depending on your daughters age and cast size, but I know that the "Sunday Edition" bags are even large enough to cover an adult's arm cast.
Hugs,
K.
P.S. - If you don't take home-delivery newspapers yourself, ask a neighbor for a few bags. They will be GLAD to give you some, because they pile up like crazy. I keep a bin full to use to put "wet" trash into my garbage -- coffee grounds, potato peels, celery trimmings, and bones, (basically anything I don't want to run through my garbage disposal).
Glad Press N Seal. When my mom had knee surgery, her doctor recommended it when showering and it worked great!
What do you think about a rain poncho. They come in neat colors. And whenever she see the water splash so can "hide" her arm. But if it get too hot she can take it off without much fess.
How about the plastic bag from a loaf of bread? You'll have to use a rubber band at the top, but it should protect the cast.
Good Luck,
K.
They actually sell special "bags" to cover casts with. I broke my arm when I was 16 and had a cast on for 3 months during the summer. I used one of these special "balloon-type" bags and even got in the pool. Although, I don't recommend submerging the arm too much because there is always some water that can get in. These special covers are thick like a balloon and tight around the end where it goes against the skin - to keep it from opening up. That was 20 years ago so, if anything, they have been improved some. You can find them at a medical supply store and they don't cost too much. Good luck.
My daughter recently got her cast off. We used a plastic bread bag and a cloth hair bungie to hold it on when she took a bath.
