The Georges in Peru

Since Amy can't move, she's susceptible to bed sores (the pressure of one's own body weight can reduce the circulation so much that it damages the skin, especially over pointier parts of the body).  About a week ago, I mentioned here in my blog that her right heel was hurting and it was the beginnings of a bed sore.  We quickly kept the pressure off of it and it heeled [ahem] up (which makes one wonder how it could heal with the almost complete lack of nutrition since she can't eat) but other sores have formed.  Most are like the heel was and are just red tender areas, but one small area on her back broke the skin, so we are taking extra effort to protect it from pressure.  This means, we have to rotate Amy every 2 to 3 hours.  We could move her more frequently, but it is really uncomfortable for her to move.  She mournfully and clearly cried, "That really hurts!" when we rotated her this afternoon.  It hurts to hear her say it too.  So 2 to 3 hours is our compromise between risking bed sores and the discomfort of being moved.  At the moment her sores are pretty few and minor.  Pray they continue to improve.